Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 528 · 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.We ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) have won (b) has won (c) had win (d) had won
2. 2.When Dad called, they ___ already drunk milk. (a) has (b) have (c) had
3. 3.Pooja ___ science before Mum came home. (a) had studied (b) had study (c) has studied (d) have studied
4. 4.When Dad called, Ananya ___ already worn a cap. (a) has (b) had (c) have
5. 5.By the time Mum came home, they ___ a cap. (a) has worn (b) had wore (c) have worn (d) had worn
6. 6.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ the dog. (a) has fed (b) had fed (c) had feed (d) have fed
7. 7.They ___ a cap before Mum came home. (a) have worn (b) had wore (c) has worn (d) had worn
8. 8.By the time Mum came home, you ___ milk. (a) had drunk (b) has drunk (c) had drank (d) have drunk
9. 9.When Dad called, they ___ already caught the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
10. 10.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) have played (c) had played (d) has played
11. 11.When Dad called, she ___ already jogged in the park. (a) have (b) had (c) has
12. 12.They ___ lunch before the guests arrived. (a) had bring (b) have brought (c) had brought (d) has brought
13. 13.By the time Mum came home, Kabir ___ a tree. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) has climbed (d) had climbed
14. 14.Farhan ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) have thrown (b) has thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
15. 15.Isha ___ a bicycle before the bell rang. (a) have ridden (b) has ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode
16. 16.They ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had jogged (b) have jogged (c) has jogged (d) had jog
17. 17.When Dad called, I ___ already sent a message. (a) has (b) have (c) had
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a letter. (a) have written (b) has written (c) had wrote (d) had written
19. 19.When Dad called, she ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) had (c) have
20. 20.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a letter. (a) has written (b) had wrote (c) have written (d) had written
21. 21.When Dad called, I ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) had (c) has
22. 22.My parents ___ on the stage before the bell rang. (a) has danced (b) had danced (c) have danced (d) had dance
23. 23.When Dad called, Sneha ___ already won the match. (a) has (b) have (c) had
24. 24.We ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) have sent (b) has sent (c) had send (d) had sent
25. 25.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a cap. (a) has worn (b) had wore (c) had worn (d) have worn
26. 26.You ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) has climbed (b) have climbed (c) had climbed (d) had climb
27. 27.When Dad called, my sister ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) had (b) have (c) has
28. 28.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ milk. (a) has drunk (b) had drunk (c) have drunk (d) had drank
29. 29.Diya ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) have danced (b) had danced (c) had dance (d) has danced
30. 30.By the time Mum came home, Karan ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sang (c) had sung (d) have sung
31. 31.They ___ a sandcastle before the bell rang. (a) had built (b) has built (c) have built (d) had build
32. 32.They ___ to school before the guests arrived. (a) had went (b) had gone (c) has gone (d) have gone
33. 33.They ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) had play (b) have played (c) had played (d) has played
34. 34.Rahul ___ the bag before Mum came home. (a) had carried (b) have carried (c) has carried (d) had carry
35. 35.She ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) has washed (b) have washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
36. 36.Nisha ___ a sandcastle before Mum came home. (a) have built (b) has built (c) had built (d) had build
37. 37.By the time the bell rang, my parents ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) has written (d) had written
38. 38.By the time we reached, my brother ___ the train. (a) had taken (b) had took (c) has taken (d) have taken
39. 39.The children ___ vegetables before the guests arrived. (a) have bought (b) had buy (c) had bought (d) has bought
40. 40.My parents ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) had climbed (b) had climb (c) has climbed (d) have climbed

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