Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 499 · 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 bell rang, I ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) has sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
2. 2.When Dad called, Aarav ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) have (c) had
3. 3.When Dad called, we ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) has (c) had
4. 4.When Dad called, you ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) have (c) had
5. 5.Nisha ___ a cartoon before it got dark. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) has watched
6. 6.They ___ a bicycle before it got dark. (a) have ridden (b) had ridden (c) has ridden (d) had rode
7. 7.By the time Mum came home, my cousins ___ a cake. (a) have baked (b) had baked (c) had bake (d) has baked
8. 8.My sister ___ a cartoon before the bell rang. (a) had watched (b) has watched (c) had watch (d) have watched
9. 9.By the time the bell rang, my friends ___ to school. (a) have gone (b) has gone (c) had went (d) had gone
10. 10.By the time the bell rang, my brother ___ a message. (a) have sent (b) had send (c) has sent (d) had sent
11. 11.Priya ___ a story before it got dark. (a) has told (b) have told (c) had told (d) had tell
12. 12.They ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) have danced (b) had dance (c) had danced (d) has danced
13. 13.I ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) has sung (b) have sung (c) had sung (d) had sang
14. 14.We ___ a cartoon before the bell rang. (a) had watch (b) has watched (c) have watched (d) had watched
15. 15.You ___ the match before it got dark. (a) had win (b) has won (c) have won (d) had won
16. 16.When Dad called, I ___ already caught the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
17. 17.Kavya ___ rice before Mum came home. (a) had cook (b) have cooked (c) had cooked (d) has cooked
18. 18.By the time we reached, she ___ Hindi. (a) has spoken (b) had spoken (c) have spoken (d) had spoke
19. 19.By the time the bell rang, my brother ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) have played (c) has played (d) had played
20. 20.When Dad called, my sister ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) have (c) had
21. 21.He ___ science before Mum came home. (a) had study (b) have studied (c) has studied (d) had studied
22. 22.By the time Mum came home, we ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) has caught (c) have caught (d) had caught
23. 23.By the time Mum came home, you ___ rice. (a) has cooked (b) had cooked (c) had cook (d) have cooked
24. 24.By the time we reached, Tara ___ science. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had study (d) had studied
25. 25.When Dad called, she ___ already climbed a tree. (a) have (b) has (c) had
26. 26.My sister ___ a mango before the guests arrived. (a) has eaten (b) have eaten (c) had ate (d) had eaten
27. 27.She ___ for the team before it got dark. (a) had clap (b) have clapped (c) has clapped (d) had clapped
28. 28.I ___ in the pool before it got dark. (a) have swum (b) had swam (c) had swum (d) has swum
29. 29.When Dad called, we ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) have (c) had
30. 30.By the time Mum came home, they ___ on the stage. (a) had danced (b) had dance (c) has danced (d) have danced
31. 31.When Dad called, Neel ___ already played cricket. (a) had (b) have (c) has
32. 32.The students ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) have bought (b) had buy (c) had bought (d) has bought
33. 33.When Dad called, I ___ already written a letter. (a) had (b) have (c) has
34. 34.When Dad called, my friends ___ already sent a message. (a) has (b) had (c) have
35. 35.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ a cap. (a) had worn (b) has worn (c) have worn (d) had wore
36. 36.When Dad called, I ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) have (c) had
37. 37.When Dad called, they ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) has (c) had
38. 38.We ___ for the team before the guests arrived. (a) had clapped (b) have clapped (c) had clap (d) has clapped
39. 39.By the time Mum came home, she ___ milk. (a) had drunk (b) had drank (c) have drunk (d) has drunk
40. 40.I ___ a kite before the bell rang. (a) had flew (b) has flown (c) have flown (d) had flown

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