Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 48 · 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.We ___ milk before it got dark. (a) have drunk (b) has drunk (c) had drank (d) had drunk
2. 2.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) have (c) had
3. 3.When Dad called, I ___ already drunk milk. (a) had (b) has (c) have
4. 4.By the time the bell rang, I ___ Hindi. (a) have spoken (b) had spoke (c) has spoken (d) had spoken
5. 5.He ___ a story before the guests arrived. (a) had told (b) had tell (c) has told (d) have told
6. 6.When Dad called, my parents ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) had (c) have
7. 7.They ___ science before Mum came home. (a) had study (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) have studied
8. 8.When Dad called, she ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) had (c) have
9. 9.She ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) had buy (b) have bought (c) had bought (d) has bought
10. 10.By the time the bell rang, he ___ tea. (a) had make (b) has made (c) have made (d) had made
11. 11.By the time the guests arrived, my friends ___ the dishes. (a) have washed (b) had washed (c) had wash (d) has washed
12. 12.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already carried the bag. (a) has (b) have (c) had
13. 13.Manav ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) have played (b) had play (c) has played (d) had played
14. 14.When Dad called, they ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) had (c) have
15. 15.When Dad called, Dev ___ already clapped for the team. (a) have (b) has (c) had
16. 16.By the time Mum came home, she ___ a tree. (a) had plant (b) has planted (c) had planted (d) have planted
17. 17.You ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) had catch (b) has caught (c) have caught (d) had caught
18. 18.When Dad called, Manav ___ already danced on the stage. (a) had (b) have (c) has
19. 19.By the time we reached, my sister ___ vegetables. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had buy (d) had bought
20. 20.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already sung a song. (a) have (b) has (c) had
21. 21.We ___ science before it got dark. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) had study
22. 22.I ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) has danced (b) had danced (c) had dance (d) have danced
23. 23.You ___ in the pool before Mum came home. (a) had swam (b) have swum (c) had swum (d) has swum
24. 24.My cousins ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) have caught (b) had caught (c) has caught (d) had catch
25. 25.When Dad called, we ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) has (b) have (c) had
26. 26.By the time the guests arrived, my cousins ___ a mango. (a) has eaten (b) had eaten (c) have eaten (d) had ate
27. 27.By the time Mum came home, I ___ cricket. (a) has played (b) have played (c) had play (d) had played
28. 28.By the time we reached, we ___ science. (a) had study (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) have studied
29. 29.When Dad called, you ___ already made tea. (a) have (b) had (c) has
30. 30.By the time we reached, they ___ Hindi. (a) have spoken (b) had spoke (c) has spoken (d) had spoken
31. 31.By the time the guests arrived, the students ___ the dishes. (a) has washed (b) had washed (c) had wash (d) have washed
32. 32.He ___ on the stage before the bell rang. (a) have danced (b) has danced (c) had dance (d) had danced
33. 33.When Dad called, I ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) have (c) had
34. 34.My brother ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
35. 35.I ___ tea before Mum came home. (a) have made (b) had made (c) has made (d) had make
36. 36.They ___ the bag before the guests arrived. (a) have carried (b) had carried (c) had carry (d) has carried
37. 37.When Dad called, we ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) have (c) had
38. 38.When Dad called, she ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) had (c) have
39. 39.She ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) has climbed (b) had climb (c) have climbed (d) had climbed
40. 40.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a sandcastle. (a) have built (b) had build (c) has built (d) had built

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