Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 430 · 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.When Dad called, we ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) have (c) had
2. 2.They ___ in the pool before the bell rang. (a) had swum (b) have swum (c) had swam (d) has swum
3. 3.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a cartoon. (a) had watched (b) have watched (c) has watched (d) had watch
4. 4.She ___ science before it got dark. (a) have studied (b) has studied (c) had study (d) had studied
5. 5.When Dad called, they ___ already run in the park. (a) have (b) had (c) has
6. 6.When Dad called, we ___ already swum in the pool. (a) had (b) has (c) have
7. 7.When Dad called, you ___ already brought lunch. (a) have (b) had (c) has
8. 8.By the time Mum came home, she ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) have baked (c) has baked (d) had bake
9. 9.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ a mango. (a) had eaten (b) had ate (c) has eaten (d) have eaten
10. 10.You ___ a cartoon before it got dark. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) has watched
11. 11.My parents ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) have eaten (b) had eaten (c) had ate (d) has eaten
12. 12.By the time we reached, Farhan ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sung (c) had sang (d) have sung
13. 13.When Dad called, my sister ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) have (b) has (c) had
14. 14.When Dad called, my sister ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) had (c) have
15. 15.Omkar ___ rice before the bell rang. (a) had cook (b) had cooked (c) has cooked (d) have cooked
16. 16.Tara ___ to school before Mum came home. (a) had went (b) have gone (c) had gone (d) has gone
17. 17.You ___ milk before the bell rang. (a) had drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drank (d) has drunk
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, he ___ Grandma. (a) has helped (b) have helped (c) had helped (d) had help
19. 19.By the time Mum came home, she ___ the dog. (a) had fed (b) had feed (c) has fed (d) have fed
20. 20.By the time Mum came home, we ___ to school. (a) has gone (b) had went (c) had gone (d) have gone
21. 21.My brother ___ tea before the bell rang. (a) has made (b) had make (c) have made (d) had made
22. 22.By the time the guests arrived, my friends ___ the train. (a) have taken (b) has taken (c) had took (d) had taken
23. 23.When Dad called, you ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) has (c) had
24. 24.When Dad called, he ___ already thrown the ball. (a) have (b) had (c) has
25. 25.By the time the bell rang, the children ___ the ball. (a) has caught (b) had caught (c) have caught (d) had catch
26. 26.By the time Mum came home, he ___ a bicycle. (a) has ridden (b) have ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode
27. 27.By the time the bell rang, we ___ lunch. (a) have brought (b) has brought (c) had brought (d) had bring
28. 28.Ananya ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) have danced (b) had dance (c) had danced (d) has danced
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, Vivaan ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) had baked (c) have baked (d) had bake
30. 30.By the time the bell rang, you ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) had play (c) have played (d) has played
31. 31.When Dad called, my brother ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
32. 32.By the time Mum came home, she ___ a tree. (a) had climbed (b) have climbed (c) had climb (d) has climbed
33. 33.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ science. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) have studied (d) had studied
34. 34.When Dad called, I ___ already sent a message. (a) had (b) have (c) has
35. 35.By the time the guests arrived, my friends ___ a cartoon. (a) have watched (b) has watched (c) had watched (d) had watch
36. 36.She ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) had watched (b) have watched (c) has watched (d) had watch
37. 37.They ___ rice before the guests arrived. (a) had cook (b) has cooked (c) had cooked (d) have cooked
38. 38.By the time Mum came home, he ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) had plant (c) have planted (d) had planted
39. 39.They ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) have planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) has planted
40. 40.I ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had jog (b) has jogged (c) have jogged (d) had jogged

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