Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 457 · 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 guests arrived, Karan ___ the ball. (a) have caught (b) had catch (c) has caught (d) had caught
2. 2.Manav ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) had sent (b) had send (c) have sent (d) has sent
3. 3.By the time Mum came home, the students ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) has jogged (c) had jogged (d) have jogged
4. 4.By the time Mum came home, he ___ milk. (a) had drank (b) has drunk (c) have drunk (d) had drunk
5. 5.By the time Mum came home, you ___ the bag. (a) had carried (b) had carry (c) has carried (d) have carried
6. 6.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a mango. (a) have eaten (b) had ate (c) has eaten (d) had eaten
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ the dishes. (a) had wash (b) has washed (c) have washed (d) had washed
8. 8.By the time the bell rang, you ___ the ball. (a) had caught (b) had catch (c) have caught (d) has caught
9. 9.When Dad called, Kunal ___ already cooked rice. (a) have (b) has (c) had
10. 10.When Dad called, Arjun ___ already played cricket. (a) have (b) had (c) has
11. 11.By the time we reached, he ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) had threw (c) has thrown (d) had thrown
12. 12.By the time we reached, he ___ in the pool. (a) has swum (b) have swum (c) had swam (d) had swum
13. 13.By the time the guests arrived, Rahul ___ on the stage. (a) has danced (b) have danced (c) had danced (d) had dance
14. 14.By the time the bell rang, she ___ the dog. (a) had fed (b) has fed (c) have fed (d) had feed
15. 15.When Dad called, they ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) had (c) have
16. 16.He ___ lunch before Mum came home. (a) had bring (b) has brought (c) have brought (d) had brought
17. 17.When Dad called, she ___ already studied science. (a) have (b) had (c) has
18. 18.I ___ a cap before it got dark. (a) had worn (b) has worn (c) have worn (d) had wore
19. 19.Aditya ___ a message before Mum came home. (a) had send (b) have sent (c) has sent (d) had sent
20. 20.They ___ the dog before the bell rang. (a) had fed (b) has fed (c) had feed (d) have fed
21. 21.Farhan ___ cricket before the guests arrived. (a) had played (b) has played (c) have played (d) had play
22. 22.He ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
23. 23.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a sandcastle. (a) has built (b) had build (c) have built (d) had built
24. 24.When Dad called, you ___ already baked a cake. (a) had (b) have (c) has
25. 25.By the time the bell rang, the children ___ a cap. (a) had worn (b) have worn (c) has worn (d) had wore
26. 26.The students ___ to school before it got dark. (a) has gone (b) have gone (c) had went (d) had gone
27. 27.We ___ lunch before the bell rang. (a) have brought (b) had brought (c) had bring (d) has brought
28. 28.By the time the bell rang, you ___ the dishes. (a) has washed (b) had washed (c) had wash (d) have washed
29. 29.When Dad called, Arjun ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) had (b) have (c) has
30. 30.My brother ___ a song before it got dark. (a) had sang (b) have sung (c) has sung (d) had sung
31. 31.By the time Mum came home, we ___ the room. (a) had cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) had clean (d) has cleaned
32. 32.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a tree. (a) has climbed (b) have climbed (c) had climb (d) had climbed
33. 33.By the time Mum came home, we ___ tea. (a) had made (b) has made (c) have made (d) had make
34. 34.By the time Mum came home, I ___ the dishes. (a) had washed (b) have washed (c) has washed (d) had wash
35. 35.They ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) have bought (b) had buy (c) has bought (d) had bought
36. 36.He ___ the bag before Mum came home. (a) have carried (b) has carried (c) had carried (d) had carry
37. 37.When Dad called, we ___ already worn a cap. (a) had (b) has (c) have
38. 38.Manav ___ a letter before the bell rang. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) has written (d) had written
39. 39.When Dad called, they ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) had (c) have
40. 40.When Dad called, my parents ___ already cleaned the room. (a) had (b) have (c) has

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