Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 508 · 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.He ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) had clean (b) had cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) have cleaned
2. 2.By the time the bell rang, my parents ___ lunch. (a) has brought (b) had bring (c) had brought (d) have brought
3. 3.When Dad called, Meera ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) had (c) have
4. 4.When Dad called, he ___ already gone to school. (a) had (b) have (c) has
5. 5.I ___ a letter before it got dark. (a) have written (b) had wrote (c) had written (d) has written
6. 6.My parents ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) has baked (b) had baked (c) had bake (d) have baked
7. 7.The children ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had jog (b) had jogged (c) have jogged (d) has jogged
8. 8.By the time Mum came home, my parents ___ the room. (a) has cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) had clean
9. 9.When Dad called, she ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) had (c) have
10. 10.You ___ the dog before the bell rang. (a) had fed (b) have fed (c) has fed (d) had feed
11. 11.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
12. 12.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) have played (c) has played (d) had play
13. 13.When Dad called, Dev ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) has (c) had
14. 14.When Dad called, my sister ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) have (c) had
15. 15.By the time the guests arrived, my sister ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) have baked (c) has baked (d) had bake
16. 16.My brother ___ a cartoon before the guests arrived. (a) have watched (b) had watch (c) has watched (d) had watched
17. 17.My cousins ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) have caught (b) had catch (c) has caught (d) had caught
18. 18.When Dad called, Kabir ___ already run in the park. (a) had (b) has (c) have
19. 19.They ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) had caught (b) had catch (c) have caught (d) has caught
20. 20.I ___ tea before the bell rang. (a) have made (b) had make (c) had made (d) has made
21. 21.We ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) have planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) has planted
22. 22.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already jogged in the park. (a) have (b) had (c) has
23. 23.By the time Mum came home, I ___ the dog. (a) have fed (b) had fed (c) had feed (d) has fed
24. 24.By the time the bell rang, my friends ___ a story. (a) have told (b) has told (c) had tell (d) had told
25. 25.When Dad called, they ___ already made tea. (a) have (b) has (c) had
26. 26.When Dad called, Dev ___ already climbed a tree. (a) had (b) have (c) has
27. 27.By the time we reached, we ___ a kite. (a) had flew (b) has flown (c) have flown (d) had flown
28. 28.By the time we reached, she ___ vegetables. (a) had buy (b) has bought (c) have bought (d) had bought
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) has baked (c) have baked (d) had bake
30. 30.By the time the guests arrived, Aarav ___ a kite. (a) had flown (b) has flown (c) have flown (d) had flew
31. 31.My parents ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) has run (b) have run (c) had run (d) had ran
32. 32.By the time we reached, he ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) have caught (c) had caught (d) has caught
33. 33.They ___ a story before the guests arrived. (a) had tell (b) had told (c) has told (d) have told
34. 34.By the time the guests arrived, the students ___ a sandcastle. (a) had build (b) had built (c) have built (d) has built
35. 35.By the time Mum came home, we ___ milk. (a) have drunk (b) has drunk (c) had drank (d) had drunk
36. 36.When Dad called, Meera ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) have (c) had
37. 37.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already planted a tree. (a) have (b) had (c) has
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, we ___ milk. (a) had drank (b) have drunk (c) had drunk (d) has drunk
39. 39.By the time Mum came home, Manav ___ lunch. (a) has brought (b) have brought (c) had brought (d) had bring
40. 40.By the time we reached, they ___ for the team. (a) have clapped (b) had clapped (c) has clapped (d) had clap

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