Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 515 · 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.My brother ___ lunch before the bell rang. (a) had bring (b) had brought (c) has brought (d) have brought
2. 2.When Dad called, he ___ already clapped for the team. (a) has (b) have (c) had
3. 3.By the time the guests arrived, Myra ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) have thrown (c) had thrown (d) had threw
4. 4.You ___ milk before it got dark. (a) has drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drunk (d) had drank
5. 5.You ___ a letter before it got dark. (a) had written (b) have written (c) has written (d) had wrote
6. 6.By the time we reached, my cousins ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
7. 7.My brother ___ a cake before it got dark. (a) had bake (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) has baked
8. 8.My brother ___ science before it got dark. (a) have studied (b) had study (c) has studied (d) had studied
9. 9.They ___ to school before the bell rang. (a) had went (b) had gone (c) have gone (d) has gone
10. 10.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ a message. (a) has sent (b) have sent (c) had sent (d) had send
11. 11.When Dad called, she ___ already thrown the ball. (a) has (b) had (c) have
12. 12.When Dad called, we ___ already won the match. (a) have (b) had (c) has
13. 13.Ananya ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) has jogged (b) had jogged (c) had jog (d) have jogged
14. 14.When Dad called, the children ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) has (b) had (c) have
15. 15.By the time Mum came home, I ___ vegetables. (a) had buy (b) have bought (c) had bought (d) has bought
16. 16.By the time Mum came home, Nisha ___ Hindi. (a) has spoken (b) had spoke (c) have spoken (d) had spoken
17. 17.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a bicycle. (a) has ridden (b) had ridden (c) had rode (d) have ridden
18. 18.My brother ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) have planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) has planted
19. 19.I ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) has planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) have planted
20. 20.He ___ a story before the bell rang. (a) had told (b) has told (c) had tell (d) have told
21. 21.My sister ___ for the team before Mum came home. (a) have clapped (b) has clapped (c) had clapped (d) had clap
22. 22.When Dad called, Rohan ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) had (c) has
23. 23.I ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) have sung (b) had sang (c) had sung (d) has sung
24. 24.They ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) have watched (b) has watched (c) had watch (d) had watched
25. 25.When Dad called, you ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) had (c) have
26. 26.By the time we reached, my sister ___ the room. (a) had cleaned (b) had clean (c) has cleaned (d) have cleaned
27. 27.When Dad called, the children ___ already written a letter. (a) have (b) has (c) had
28. 28.When Dad called, Yash ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) had (c) have
29. 29.When Dad called, we ___ already swum in the pool. (a) had (b) have (c) has
30. 30.She ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) has taken (b) had took (c) have taken (d) had taken
31. 31.You ___ a letter before Mum came home. (a) have written (b) had wrote (c) has written (d) had written
32. 32.By the time we reached, I ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) has played (c) have played (d) had played
33. 33.We ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) have baked (b) has baked (c) had bake (d) had baked
34. 34.He ___ on the stage before the guests arrived. (a) had dance (b) have danced (c) had danced (d) has danced
35. 35.Riya ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) had climbed (b) had climb (c) have climbed (d) has climbed
36. 36.My brother ___ the train before the guests arrived. (a) had took (b) have taken (c) had taken (d) has taken
37. 37.We ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) had cleaned (b) had clean (c) have cleaned (d) has cleaned
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, he ___ a story. (a) had tell (b) had told (c) have told (d) has told
39. 39.Isha ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) has bought (b) had buy (c) have bought (d) had bought
40. 40.When Dad called, I ___ already helped Grandma. (a) had (b) have (c) has

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