Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 453 · 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 Mum came home, we ___ vegetables. (a) had buy (b) have bought (c) has bought (d) had bought
2. 2.When Dad called, I ___ already jogged in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
3. 3.My brother ___ milk before the guests arrived. (a) had drunk (b) had drank (c) has drunk (d) have drunk
4. 4.When Dad called, I ___ already climbed a tree. (a) have (b) had (c) has
5. 5.When Dad called, he ___ already played cricket. (a) have (b) has (c) had
6. 6.He ___ a sandcastle before the guests arrived. (a) have built (b) had build (c) had built (d) has built
7. 7.We ___ a mango before the guests arrived. (a) had ate (b) has eaten (c) had eaten (d) have eaten
8. 8.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ Grandma. (a) had helped (b) have helped (c) had help (d) has helped
9. 9.Rohan ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
10. 10.When Dad called, he ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) had (c) have
11. 11.By the time Mum came home, I ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) had watch (c) had watched (d) have watched
12. 12.We ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) had make (b) had made (c) has made (d) have made
13. 13.Dev ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) have spoken (b) has spoken (c) had spoken (d) had spoke
14. 14.He ___ lunch before Mum came home. (a) have brought (b) had brought (c) had bring (d) has brought
15. 15.When Dad called, I ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) had (c) have
16. 16.Aditya ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) has sung (b) have sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
17. 17.By the time the bell rang, Arjun ___ a sandcastle. (a) has built (b) had build (c) had built (d) have built
18. 18.By the time Mum came home, you ___ tea. (a) have made (b) has made (c) had made (d) had make
19. 19.By the time the guests arrived, Manav ___ in the pool. (a) has swum (b) had swam (c) had swum (d) have swum
20. 20.When Dad called, he ___ already helped Grandma. (a) has (b) had (c) have
21. 21.You ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) had sung (b) have sung (c) has sung (d) had sang
22. 22.Kunal ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) has written (b) had written (c) had wrote (d) have written
23. 23.My sister ___ rice before Mum came home. (a) has cooked (b) had cook (c) have cooked (d) had cooked
24. 24.By the time we reached, you ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sang (c) had sung (d) have sung
25. 25.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ Hindi. (a) had spoke (b) have spoken (c) had spoken (d) has spoken
26. 26.When Dad called, I ___ already drawn a picture. (a) has (b) had (c) have
27. 27.When Dad called, my brother ___ already written a letter. (a) have (b) has (c) had
28. 28.Manav ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) have studied (b) had study (c) had studied (d) has studied
29. 29.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a kite. (a) has flown (b) had flew (c) had flown (d) have flown
30. 30.When Dad called, my friends ___ already jogged in the park. (a) had (b) has (c) have
31. 31.Diya ___ in the pool before the guests arrived. (a) had swam (b) had swum (c) has swum (d) have swum
32. 32.They ___ a letter before the bell rang. (a) had written (b) have written (c) had wrote (d) has written
33. 33.He ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) have drunk (b) had drank (c) had drunk (d) has drunk
34. 34.The children ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) have won (b) had won (c) had win (d) has won
35. 35.When Dad called, she ___ already climbed a tree. (a) had (b) have (c) has
36. 36.By the time the guests arrived, my friends ___ tea. (a) has made (b) had make (c) have made (d) had made
37. 37.When Dad called, you ___ already planted a tree. (a) had (b) have (c) has
38. 38.They ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) have thrown (b) had threw (c) had thrown (d) has thrown
39. 39.When Dad called, my parents ___ already won the match. (a) have (b) has (c) had
40. 40.When Dad called, they ___ already told a story. (a) has (b) had (c) have

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