Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 41 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (had + V3): had + past participle (V3) for every subject: had caught, had gone, had eaten. Time words: before …, by the time …, when … already. The later action is in the simple past (the bell rang).

1. 1.We ___ rice before Mum came home. (a) has cooked (b) have cooked (c) had cooked (d) had cook
2. 2.When Dad called, we ___ already run in the park. (a) had (b) has (c) have
3. 3.My parents ___ on the stage before it got dark. (a) had danced (b) has danced (c) had dance (d) have danced
4. 4.When Dad called, my brother ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) had (c) have
5. 5.By the time we reached, we ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) has thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
6. 6.My brother ___ the dog before it got dark. (a) had feed (b) have fed (c) had fed (d) has fed
7. 7.When Dad called, they ___ already planted a tree. (a) has (b) had (c) have
8. 8.You ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) have thrown
9. 9.By the time we reached, she ___ the room. (a) had clean (b) have cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) has cleaned
10. 10.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ milk. (a) has drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drank (d) had drunk
11. 11.Priya ___ to school before it got dark. (a) have gone (b) had gone (c) had went (d) has gone
12. 12.When Dad called, he ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) have (c) had
13. 13.You ___ vegetables before the guests arrived. (a) have bought (b) has bought (c) had bought (d) had buy
14. 14.When Dad called, he ___ already planted a tree. (a) has (b) had (c) have
15. 15.When Dad called, Arjun ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) have (b) has (c) had
16. 16.You ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) have jogged (b) had jogged (c) has jogged (d) had jog
17. 17.When Dad called, we ___ already worn a cap. (a) have (b) has (c) had
18. 18.When Dad called, Omkar ___ already played cricket. (a) have (b) had (c) has
19. 19.You ___ a kite before it got dark. (a) have flown (b) had flown (c) has flown (d) had flew
20. 20.My cousins ___ cricket before the guests arrived. (a) has played (b) had played (c) have played (d) had play
21. 21.By the time we reached, Kabir ___ a picture. (a) has drawn (b) had drew (c) have drawn (d) had drawn
22. 22.By the time Mum came home, you ___ science. (a) had studied (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) had study
23. 23.By the time we reached, they ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) have thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
24. 24.When Dad called, I ___ already planted a tree. (a) has (b) had (c) have
25. 25.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a bicycle. (a) had rode (b) had ridden (c) has ridden (d) have ridden
26. 26.I ___ Grandma before it got dark. (a) had helped (b) had help (c) has helped (d) have helped
27. 27.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ a bicycle. (a) has ridden (b) had rode (c) have ridden (d) had ridden
28. 28.I ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) had play (b) had played (c) has played (d) have played
29. 29.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a picture. (a) had drew (b) have drawn (c) has drawn (d) had drawn
30. 30.When Dad called, Vivaan ___ already played cricket. (a) have (b) has (c) had
31. 31.By the time the bell rang, you ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) has jogged (c) had jogged (d) have jogged
32. 32.I ___ a letter before Mum came home. (a) had wrote (b) has written (c) have written (d) had written
33. 33.By the time we reached, we ___ to school. (a) have gone (b) has gone (c) had went (d) had gone
34. 34.When Dad called, you ___ already fed the dog. (a) had (b) have (c) has
35. 35.She ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) had send (b) had sent (c) has sent (d) have sent
36. 36.By the time we reached, my sister ___ the room. (a) has cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
37. 37.By the time Mum came home, she ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) had sang (c) had sung (d) has sung
38. 38.When Dad called, they ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) have (c) had
39. 39.By the time we reached, we ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) had play (c) have played (d) has played
40. 40.We ___ tea before Mum came home. (a) had make (b) has made (c) have made (d) had made

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