Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 481 · 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, we ___ the dog. (a) have fed (b) had fed (c) had feed (d) has fed
2. 2.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) has watched
3. 3.By the time the bell rang, Vivaan ___ a cake. (a) have baked (b) had baked (c) had bake (d) has baked
4. 4.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) had sang (c) had sung (d) has sung
5. 5.When Dad called, I ___ already written a letter. (a) had (b) have (c) has
6. 6.When Dad called, my brother ___ already thrown the ball. (a) have (b) had (c) has
7. 7.When Dad called, Tara ___ already washed the dishes. (a) had (b) has (c) have
8. 8.They ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) had clean (b) have cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) had cleaned
9. 9.When Dad called, he ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) had (c) have
10. 10.By the time the guests arrived, Farhan ___ a song. (a) had sang (b) has sung (c) have sung (d) had sung
11. 11.When Dad called, Karan ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) had (c) have
12. 12.My brother ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) has drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drank (d) had drunk
13. 13.When Dad called, we ___ already drawn a picture. (a) had (b) has (c) have
14. 14.I ___ science before it got dark. (a) had study (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) have studied
15. 15.She ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) have told (b) had tell (c) had told (d) has told
16. 16.We ___ science before the bell rang. (a) have studied (b) had study (c) had studied (d) has studied
17. 17.When Dad called, I ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) has (b) have (c) had
18. 18.When Dad called, we ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) had (c) has
19. 19.By the time the bell rang, the students ___ the match. (a) had won (b) has won (c) had win (d) have won
20. 20.When Dad called, my sister ___ already helped Grandma. (a) has (b) have (c) had
21. 21.We ___ on the stage before it got dark. (a) has danced (b) had dance (c) have danced (d) had danced
22. 22.You ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) had rode (b) had ridden (c) has ridden (d) have ridden
23. 23.By the time the guests arrived, my parents ___ a sandcastle. (a) has built (b) have built (c) had build (d) had built
24. 24.By the time we reached, they ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) has baked (c) have baked (d) had baked
25. 25.By the time Mum came home, they ___ in the park. (a) had jogged (b) has jogged (c) have jogged (d) had jog
26. 26.They ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) had wrote (b) had written (c) have written (d) has written
27. 27.They ___ a picture before the guests arrived. (a) has drawn (b) had drawn (c) had drew (d) have drawn
28. 28.I ___ a mango before the guests arrived. (a) have eaten (b) had ate (c) had eaten (d) has eaten
29. 29.When Dad called, the students ___ already washed the dishes. (a) had (b) has (c) have
30. 30.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) has thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
31. 31.When Dad called, Arjun ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) has (c) had
32. 32.Omkar ___ a sandcastle before the bell rang. (a) had build (b) have built (c) had built (d) has built
33. 33.We ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) has run (b) had run (c) had ran (d) have run
34. 34.By the time Mum came home, Diya ___ the dishes. (a) has washed (b) had wash (c) have washed (d) had washed
35. 35.When Dad called, she ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
36. 36.He ___ to school before the guests arrived. (a) had went (b) has gone (c) have gone (d) had gone
37. 37.When Dad called, you ___ already sent a message. (a) have (b) has (c) had
38. 38.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ milk. (a) had drank (b) have drunk (c) had drunk (d) has drunk
39. 39.By the time Mum came home, Saanvi ___ a cartoon. (a) had watched (b) had watch (c) have watched (d) has watched
40. 40.You ___ a song before it got dark. (a) had sang (b) have sung (c) had sung (d) has sung

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar