Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 482 · 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.I ___ Hindi before Mum came home. (a) have spoken (b) had spoken (c) had spoke (d) has spoken
2. 2.When Dad called, we ___ already run in the park. (a) had (b) have (c) has
3. 3.We ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) have thrown (b) had threw (c) has thrown (d) had thrown
4. 4.When Dad called, my sister ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) had (c) has
5. 5.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ rice. (a) had cooked (b) had cook (c) has cooked (d) have cooked
6. 6.You ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) had catch (b) has caught (c) have caught (d) had caught
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, my sister ___ cricket. (a) has played (b) have played (c) had play (d) had played
8. 8.When Dad called, you ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) have (c) had
9. 9.When Dad called, they ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) had (c) have
10. 10.You ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) had written (b) has written (c) have written (d) had wrote
11. 11.We ___ for the team before it got dark. (a) had clap (b) have clapped (c) has clapped (d) had clapped
12. 12.By the time we reached, they ___ Grandma. (a) have helped (b) had help (c) has helped (d) had helped
13. 13.By the time we reached, he ___ in the park. (a) has jogged (b) have jogged (c) had jogged (d) had jog
14. 14.By the time the bell rang, we ___ the match. (a) have won (b) has won (c) had won (d) had win
15. 15.You ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) have watched (b) has watched (c) had watched (d) had watch
16. 16.When Dad called, my sister ___ already washed the dishes. (a) had (b) have (c) has
17. 17.By the time Mum came home, he ___ vegetables. (a) had buy (b) had bought (c) has bought (d) have bought
18. 18.By the time we reached, he ___ a sandcastle. (a) had build (b) have built (c) had built (d) has built
19. 19.When Dad called, he ___ already swum in the pool. (a) had (b) has (c) have
20. 20.They ___ lunch before it got dark. (a) have brought (b) has brought (c) had brought (d) had bring
21. 21.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ lunch. (a) had bring (b) have brought (c) had brought (d) has brought
22. 22.When Dad called, my brother ___ already clapped for the team. (a) had (b) has (c) have
23. 23.By the time Mum came home, Saanvi ___ vegetables. (a) has bought (b) had buy (c) had bought (d) have bought
24. 24.My brother ___ a cartoon before the guests arrived. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) has watched (d) had watched
25. 25.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a mango. (a) has eaten (b) had ate (c) had eaten (d) have eaten
26. 26.Saanvi ___ a message before the bell rang. (a) had sent (b) has sent (c) had send (d) have sent
27. 27.Karan ___ in the pool before the guests arrived. (a) has swum (b) had swum (c) have swum (d) had swam
28. 28.When Dad called, she ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) have (c) had
29. 29.My cousins ___ to school before the bell rang. (a) has gone (b) had went (c) had gone (d) have gone
30. 30.They ___ the match before the bell rang. (a) has won (b) have won (c) had won (d) had win
31. 31.By the time Mum came home, I ___ in the park. (a) has jogged (b) had jogged (c) had jog (d) have jogged
32. 32.He ___ lunch before Mum came home. (a) have brought (b) has brought (c) had bring (d) had brought
33. 33.She ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) has played (b) have played (c) had played (d) had play
34. 34.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) has baked (c) have baked (d) had bake
35. 35.By the time the bell rang, he ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) have sung (c) had sung (d) had sang
36. 36.When Dad called, I ___ already climbed a tree. (a) has (b) have (c) had
37. 37.When Dad called, Dev ___ already jogged in the park. (a) have (b) had (c) has
38. 38.When Dad called, she ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) had (c) have
39. 39.When Dad called, she ___ already flown a kite. (a) had (b) have (c) has
40. 40.They ___ tea before it got dark. (a) had made (b) have made (c) has made (d) had make

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