Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 518 · 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 Mum came home, you ___ a cap. (a) had wore (b) had worn (c) have worn (d) has worn
2. 2.When Dad called, you ___ already climbed a tree. (a) has (b) have (c) had
3. 3.By the time we reached, my friends ___ a mango. (a) have eaten (b) had eaten (c) had ate (d) has eaten
4. 4.When Dad called, they ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) have (c) had
5. 5.When Dad called, we ___ already danced on the stage. (a) have (b) has (c) had
6. 6.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ a tree. (a) have planted (b) has planted (c) had planted (d) had plant
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) has caught (c) have caught (d) had caught
8. 8.When Dad called, Dev ___ already danced on the stage. (a) had (b) have (c) has
9. 9.When Dad called, he ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) have (c) had
10. 10.When Dad called, you ___ already made tea. (a) have (b) had (c) has
11. 11.By the time we reached, she ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) has climbed (c) had climbed (d) had climb
12. 12.She ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) had climb (b) had climbed (c) has climbed (d) have climbed
13. 13.When Dad called, you ___ already carried the bag. (a) has (b) have (c) had
14. 14.When Dad called, she ___ already swum in the pool. (a) have (b) had (c) has
15. 15.By the time we reached, Omkar ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) have thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
16. 16.By the time we reached, the children ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sung (c) have sung (d) had sang
17. 17.My cousins ___ to school before the bell rang. (a) have gone (b) had went (c) has gone (d) had gone
18. 18.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) had jogged (c) have jogged (d) has jogged
19. 19.My cousins ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) has taken (b) had taken (c) had took (d) have taken
20. 20.By the time Mum came home, he ___ a tree. (a) has climbed (b) had climbed (c) had climb (d) have climbed
21. 21.I ___ a mango before it got dark. (a) has eaten (b) had eaten (c) had ate (d) have eaten
22. 22.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ a tree. (a) has climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) have climbed
23. 23.When Dad called, I ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
24. 24.By the time the bell rang, I ___ in the park. (a) have run (b) had ran (c) had run (d) has run
25. 25.By the time we reached, I ___ to school. (a) had went (b) has gone (c) had gone (d) have gone
26. 26.By the time we reached, my brother ___ in the park. (a) has run (b) had run (c) had ran (d) have run
27. 27.By the time Mum came home, you ___ tea. (a) have made (b) had make (c) has made (d) had made
28. 28.When Dad called, we ___ already drawn a picture. (a) have (b) has (c) had
29. 29.When Dad called, my brother ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) had (c) has
30. 30.He ___ the bag before Mum came home. (a) had carry (b) had carried (c) has carried (d) have carried
31. 31.When Dad called, they ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
32. 32.When Dad called, we ___ already flown a kite. (a) had (b) has (c) have
33. 33.When Dad called, Manav ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) has (b) had (c) have
34. 34.When Dad called, we ___ already thrown the ball. (a) had (b) has (c) have
35. 35.I ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) had buy (b) had bought (c) have bought (d) has bought
36. 36.By the time we reached, my sister ___ a cap. (a) had worn (b) had wore (c) have worn (d) has worn
37. 37.The students ___ the train before it got dark. (a) has taken (b) had taken (c) had took (d) have taken
38. 38.By the time the guests arrived, Aditya ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) had clean
39. 39.When Dad called, they ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) had (c) have
40. 40.When Dad called, the students ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) have (c) had

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