Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 450 · 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.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) has written (c) had written (d) have written
2. 2.By the time we reached, we ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) has baked (c) have baked (d) had baked
3. 3.When Dad called, he ___ already baked a cake. (a) have (b) has (c) had
4. 4.When Dad called, they ___ already taken the train. (a) has (b) had (c) have
5. 5.When Dad called, Ananya ___ already carried the bag. (a) has (b) had (c) have
6. 6.My friends ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
7. 7.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a mango. (a) had eaten (b) has eaten (c) had ate (d) have eaten
8. 8.You ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) had thrown (b) have thrown (c) had threw (d) has thrown
9. 9.She ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) had spoke (b) have spoken (c) has spoken (d) had spoken
10. 10.We ___ Hindi before Mum came home. (a) had spoken (b) had spoke (c) have spoken (d) has spoken
11. 11.By the time Mum came home, the students ___ a mango. (a) had eaten (b) had ate (c) has eaten (d) have eaten
12. 12.By the time the bell rang, my brother ___ a kite. (a) had flew (b) has flown (c) have flown (d) had flown
13. 13.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) had threw (c) has thrown (d) had thrown
14. 14.When Dad called, Dev ___ already run in the park. (a) have (b) had (c) has
15. 15.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ the train. (a) have taken (b) had taken (c) had took (d) has taken
16. 16.I ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) has eaten (b) had ate (c) have eaten (d) had eaten
17. 17.You ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) had spoke (b) have spoken (c) has spoken (d) had spoken
18. 18.When Dad called, she ___ already run in the park. (a) have (b) has (c) had
19. 19.By the time Mum came home, my parents ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) had jogged (c) has jogged (d) have jogged
20. 20.My brother ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) has climbed (d) had climbed
21. 21.When Dad called, my sister ___ already studied science. (a) have (b) had (c) has
22. 22.My parents ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) have run (b) had ran (c) has run (d) had run
23. 23.When Dad called, he ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
24. 24.By the time Mum came home, we ___ the room. (a) has cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) had clean
25. 25.When Dad called, I ___ already worn a cap. (a) has (b) have (c) had
26. 26.My brother ___ the dog before it got dark. (a) has fed (b) had fed (c) have fed (d) had feed
27. 27.By the time the bell rang, my cousins ___ a bicycle. (a) have ridden (b) had rode (c) has ridden (d) had ridden
28. 28.When Dad called, Aarav ___ already flown a kite. (a) have (b) had (c) has
29. 29.When Dad called, Ishaan ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) has (c) had
30. 30.By the time we reached, Kunal ___ lunch. (a) had brought (b) had bring (c) has brought (d) have brought
31. 31.When Dad called, I ___ already baked a cake. (a) have (b) has (c) had
32. 32.When Dad called, he ___ already worn a cap. (a) have (b) had (c) has
33. 33.When Dad called, my parents ___ already carried the bag. (a) has (b) had (c) have
34. 34.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a tree. (a) had climbed (b) had climb (c) has climbed (d) have climbed
35. 35.When Dad called, Karan ___ already thrown the ball. (a) had (b) has (c) have
36. 36.We ___ a cartoon before the bell rang. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) has watched (d) had watched
37. 37.By the time the bell rang, I ___ the dishes. (a) has washed (b) have washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
38. 38.We ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) has taken (b) had took (c) had taken (d) have taken
39. 39.When Dad called, the students ___ already clapped for the team. (a) has (b) have (c) had
40. 40.My brother ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) had jog (b) has jogged (c) have jogged (d) had jogged

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