Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 509 · 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 dog before the bell rang. (a) has fed (b) have fed (c) had feed (d) had fed
2. 2.By the time we reached, she ___ a song. (a) had sang (b) has sung (c) have sung (d) had sung
3. 3.When Dad called, they ___ already thrown the ball. (a) have (b) has (c) had
4. 4.You ___ a cartoon before the guests arrived. (a) had watched (b) have watched (c) has watched (d) had watch
5. 5.By the time the bell rang, we ___ the dog. (a) had feed (b) has fed (c) had fed (d) have fed
6. 6.When Dad called, my sister ___ already made tea. (a) has (b) had (c) have
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, my sister ___ rice. (a) has cooked (b) have cooked (c) had cook (d) had cooked
8. 8.By the time Mum came home, he ___ milk. (a) had drunk (b) had drank (c) have drunk (d) has drunk
9. 9.They ___ to school before the guests arrived. (a) had went (b) had gone (c) have gone (d) has gone
10. 10.By the time the bell rang, my friends ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) has thrown
11. 11.By the time we reached, Ishaan ___ in the park. (a) have run (b) had run (c) had ran (d) has run
12. 12.When Dad called, we ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
13. 13.When Dad called, they ___ already told a story. (a) had (b) has (c) have
14. 14.When Dad called, they ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) had (b) have (c) has
15. 15.By the time Mum came home, he ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
16. 16.When Dad called, my sister ___ already planted a tree. (a) has (b) have (c) had
17. 17.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a bicycle. (a) has ridden (b) had rode (c) had ridden (d) have ridden
18. 18.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ to school. (a) have gone (b) has gone (c) had went (d) had gone
19. 19.By the time we reached, they ___ milk. (a) had drank (b) had drunk (c) have drunk (d) has drunk
20. 20.They ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) had bake (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) has baked
21. 21.They ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) had dance (b) has danced (c) have danced (d) had danced
22. 22.When Dad called, Ishaan ___ already told a story. (a) have (b) has (c) had
23. 23.They ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) had plant (b) have planted (c) has planted (d) had planted
24. 24.My brother ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) have cleaned (b) had clean (c) has cleaned (d) had cleaned
25. 25.When Dad called, they ___ already baked a cake. (a) have (b) has (c) had
26. 26.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ tea. (a) have made (b) has made (c) had make (d) had made
27. 27.The students ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) have cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
28. 28.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ a bicycle. (a) has ridden (b) had ridden (c) had rode (d) have ridden
29. 29.I ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) has jogged (b) have jogged (c) had jogged (d) had jog
30. 30.I ___ a sandcastle before the guests arrived. (a) have built (b) had built (c) has built (d) had build
31. 31.By the time the bell rang, he ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) had climb (c) has climbed (d) had climbed
32. 32.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) had watched (c) has watched (d) have watched
33. 33.My friends ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had bought (d) had buy
34. 34.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ on the stage. (a) have danced (b) had dance (c) had danced (d) has danced
35. 35.He ___ a picture before the guests arrived. (a) have drawn (b) had drew (c) has drawn (d) had drawn
36. 36.By the time the bell rang, the children ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) have caught (c) had caught (d) has caught
37. 37.When Dad called, I ___ already clapped for the team. (a) have (b) has (c) had
38. 38.She ___ lunch before it got dark. (a) has brought (b) had bring (c) had brought (d) have brought
39. 39.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ Hindi. (a) had spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoke (d) has spoken
40. 40.When Dad called, she ___ already cleaned the room. (a) have (b) had (c) has

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