Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 532 · 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.When Dad called, he ___ already brought lunch. (a) have (b) had (c) has
2. 2.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a song. (a) had sang (b) had sung (c) has sung (d) have sung
3. 3.My brother ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) has run (b) have run (c) had ran (d) had run
4. 4.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a story. (a) had tell (b) had told (c) have told (d) has told
5. 5.By the time Mum came home, Aarav ___ to school. (a) have gone (b) had gone (c) had went (d) has gone
6. 6.When Dad called, I ___ already planted a tree. (a) had (b) has (c) have
7. 7.By the time the bell rang, my friends ___ a message. (a) had sent (b) has sent (c) had send (d) have sent
8. 8.When Dad called, you ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) have (c) had
9. 9.By the time Mum came home, Rohan ___ a message. (a) had sent (b) have sent (c) had send (d) has sent
10. 10.By the time Mum came home, Kabir ___ rice. (a) have cooked (b) had cooked (c) had cook (d) has cooked
11. 11.She ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) have thrown
12. 12.By the time we reached, you ___ a letter. (a) has written (b) had written (c) had wrote (d) have written
13. 13.By the time we reached, I ___ Grandma. (a) have helped (b) has helped (c) had helped (d) had help
14. 14.By the time we reached, my parents ___ a cartoon. (a) had watched (b) had watch (c) has watched (d) have watched
15. 15.When Dad called, they ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) have (c) had
16. 16.My parents ___ a picture before the guests arrived. (a) had drew (b) had drawn (c) have drawn (d) has drawn
17. 17.By the time the bell rang, they ___ a tree. (a) has climbed (b) have climbed (c) had climbed (d) had climb
18. 18.The children ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) have made (b) has made (c) had made (d) had make
19. 19.I ___ rice before the guests arrived. (a) had cooked (b) have cooked (c) has cooked (d) had cook
20. 20.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a cartoon. (a) had watched (b) had watch (c) have watched (d) has watched
21. 21.When Dad called, she ___ already drunk milk. (a) has (b) had (c) have
22. 22.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ a tree. (a) had climbed (b) had climb (c) have climbed (d) has climbed
23. 23.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ the bag. (a) had carried (b) had carry (c) have carried (d) has carried
24. 24.By the time the bell rang, my brother ___ rice. (a) had cook (b) has cooked (c) have cooked (d) had cooked
25. 25.When Dad called, you ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
26. 26.Riya ___ a bicycle before it got dark. (a) has ridden (b) had ridden (c) have ridden (d) had rode
27. 27.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ in the pool. (a) have swum (b) has swum (c) had swum (d) had swam
28. 28.When Dad called, we ___ already baked a cake. (a) had (b) have (c) has
29. 29.When Dad called, I ___ already won the match. (a) has (b) had (c) have
30. 30.When Dad called, you ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) have (b) has (c) had
31. 31.By the time we reached, Tara ___ the match. (a) had won (b) has won (c) had win (d) have won
32. 32.You ___ a sandcastle before it got dark. (a) had built (b) has built (c) have built (d) had build
33. 33.He ___ a kite before the bell rang. (a) had flew (b) have flown (c) had flown (d) has flown
34. 34.I ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
35. 35.Riya ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) has drunk (b) had drank (c) had drunk (d) have drunk
36. 36.My parents ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) had planted (b) had plant (c) has planted (d) have planted
37. 37.By the time Mum came home, Saanvi ___ the train. (a) had taken (b) has taken (c) have taken (d) had took
38. 38.My sister ___ Grandma before the guests arrived. (a) had helped (b) has helped (c) have helped (d) had help
39. 39.We ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) had ran (b) had run (c) have run (d) has run
40. 40.When Dad called, you ___ already eaten a mango. (a) have (b) had (c) has

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