Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 475 · 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.My sister ___ tea before the bell rang. (a) had make (b) has made (c) had made (d) have made
2. 2.We ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) had catch (b) have caught (c) had caught (d) has caught
3. 3.Yash ___ science before Mum came home. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) have studied (d) had studied
4. 4.By the time Mum came home, you ___ tea. (a) has made (b) had make (c) had made (d) have made
5. 5.When Dad called, the children ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) had (c) have
6. 6.By the time Mum came home, Manav ___ a bicycle. (a) has ridden (b) had rode (c) have ridden (d) had ridden
7. 7.The children ___ milk before the guests arrived. (a) have drunk (b) had drunk (c) has drunk (d) had drank
8. 8.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) had planted (c) have planted (d) had plant
9. 9.We ___ the bag before it got dark. (a) has carried (b) had carry (c) have carried (d) had carried
10. 10.They ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had jog (b) have jogged (c) had jogged (d) has jogged
11. 11.When Dad called, Manav ___ already helped Grandma. (a) had (b) have (c) has
12. 12.I ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) had study (d) has studied
13. 13.Saanvi ___ a cake before the bell rang. (a) had bake (b) had baked (c) have baked (d) has baked
14. 14.By the time we reached, she ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) have baked (c) has baked (d) had bake
15. 15.By the time the bell rang, you ___ for the team. (a) have clapped (b) had clapped (c) had clap (d) has clapped
16. 16.When Dad called, she ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) have (c) had
17. 17.When Dad called, we ___ already sung a song. (a) had (b) has (c) have
18. 18.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ the train. (a) have taken (b) had taken (c) has taken (d) had took
19. 19.By the time we reached, we ___ a picture. (a) had drew (b) has drawn (c) have drawn (d) had drawn
20. 20.By the time we reached, you ___ a message. (a) had send (b) have sent (c) had sent (d) has sent
21. 21.Kavya ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) has thrown (b) had threw (c) have thrown (d) had thrown
22. 22.Aarav ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) have thrown
23. 23.When Dad called, I ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
24. 24.They ___ a picture before it got dark. (a) has drawn (b) have drawn (c) had drew (d) had drawn
25. 25.You ___ Grandma before the guests arrived. (a) has helped (b) had help (c) have helped (d) had helped
26. 26.He ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) has sung (b) had sang (c) had sung (d) have sung
27. 27.By the time we reached, Myra ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) had sang (c) has sung (d) had sung
28. 28.By the time we reached, he ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) had caught (c) have caught (d) has caught
29. 29.I ___ milk before it got dark. (a) has drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drunk (d) had drank
30. 30.When Dad called, they ___ already thrown the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
31. 31.We ___ a bicycle before the guests arrived. (a) had rode (b) had ridden (c) has ridden (d) have ridden
32. 32.My sister ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) have washed (b) had washed (c) has washed (d) had wash
33. 33.They ___ the bag before the bell rang. (a) had carried (b) have carried (c) had carry (d) has carried
34. 34.My brother ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) had bake (b) had baked (c) have baked (d) has baked
35. 35.My brother ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) had jog (b) had jogged (c) have jogged (d) has jogged
36. 36.He ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had jog (b) have jogged (c) had jogged (d) has jogged
37. 37.By the time the guests arrived, Aisha ___ in the park. (a) had ran (b) have run (c) has run (d) had run
38. 38.When Dad called, the students ___ already bought vegetables. (a) have (b) had (c) has
39. 39.When Dad called, Neel ___ already drawn a picture. (a) had (b) have (c) has
40. 40.When Dad called, my friends ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) have (c) had

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