Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 506 · 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.Omkar ___ a cartoon before the bell rang. (a) have watched (b) had watch (c) has watched (d) had watched
2. 2.We ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) had dance (b) has danced (c) have danced (d) had danced
3. 3.When Dad called, she ___ already drunk milk. (a) had (b) has (c) have
4. 4.When Dad called, my parents ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) have (c) had
5. 5.By the time the bell rang, Riya ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) have played (c) had play (d) has played
6. 6.I ___ Grandma before the bell rang. (a) had helped (b) have helped (c) has helped (d) had help
7. 7.When Dad called, she ___ already jogged in the park. (a) have (b) has (c) had
8. 8.I ___ for the team before the bell rang. (a) have clapped (b) has clapped (c) had clapped (d) had clap
9. 9.My brother ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) have caught (b) has caught (c) had caught (d) had catch
10. 10.By the time we reached, she ___ lunch. (a) has brought (b) had brought (c) had bring (d) have brought
11. 11.They ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) have written (b) had written (c) has written (d) had wrote
12. 12.When Dad called, my sister ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) have (c) had
13. 13.When Dad called, Neel ___ already drunk milk. (a) have (b) had (c) has
14. 14.We ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) have run (b) had run (c) had ran (d) has run
15. 15.By the time we reached, the students ___ the room. (a) has cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) had clean (d) have cleaned
16. 16.The children ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) had jog (b) had jogged (c) has jogged (d) have jogged
17. 17.By the time we reached, they ___ a story. (a) have told (b) had tell (c) has told (d) had told
18. 18.When Dad called, we ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) has (b) have (c) had
19. 19.We ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) had washed (b) has washed (c) had wash (d) have washed
20. 20.By the time Mum came home, I ___ to school. (a) have gone (b) had went (c) had gone (d) has gone
21. 21.By the time we reached, Aisha ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) had sang (c) had sung (d) has sung
22. 22.By the time the guests arrived, Zoya ___ on the stage. (a) have danced (b) had dance (c) had danced (d) has danced
23. 23.Tara ___ a picture before the guests arrived. (a) had drew (b) had drawn (c) have drawn (d) has drawn
24. 24.By the time we reached, Vivaan ___ cricket. (a) has played (b) have played (c) had play (d) had played
25. 25.You ___ for the team before Mum came home. (a) has clapped (b) had clap (c) have clapped (d) had clapped
26. 26.Yash ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) has made (b) have made (c) had make (d) had made
27. 27.By the time Mum came home, you ___ Hindi. (a) has spoken (b) had spoken (c) have spoken (d) had spoke
28. 28.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ a story. (a) has told (b) had told (c) had tell (d) have told
29. 29.When Dad called, Kabir ___ already clapped for the team. (a) have (b) has (c) had
30. 30.You ___ the match before the bell rang. (a) had win (b) had won (c) have won (d) has won
31. 31.By the time we reached, she ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) has baked (c) have baked (d) had bake
32. 32.By the time we reached, he ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) had planted (c) had plant (d) have planted
33. 33.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ the dog. (a) have fed (b) has fed (c) had feed (d) had fed
34. 34.When Dad called, they ___ already won the match. (a) had (b) have (c) has
35. 35.By the time Mum came home, Rohan ___ in the pool. (a) have swum (b) had swam (c) had swum (d) has swum
36. 36.My friends ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) have won (b) had win (c) had won (d) has won
37. 37.You ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) have caught (b) has caught (c) had catch (d) had caught
38. 38.By the time we reached, my sister ___ a story. (a) have told (b) had tell (c) has told (d) had told
39. 39.By the time the bell rang, they ___ science. (a) had study (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) had studied
40. 40.When Dad called, she ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) had (c) have

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