Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 533 · 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.You ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) have sent (b) had send (c) has sent (d) had sent
2. 2.By the time the bell rang, we ___ the dishes. (a) has washed (b) had wash (c) had washed (d) have washed
3. 3.By the time the bell rang, I ___ science. (a) had study (b) has studied (c) had studied (d) have studied
4. 4.They ___ Hindi before the guests arrived. (a) have spoken (b) had spoken (c) had spoke (d) has spoken
5. 5.By the time we reached, Riya ___ the dishes. (a) had wash (b) had washed (c) has washed (d) have washed
6. 6.By the time we reached, he ___ science. (a) had study (b) had studied (c) have studied (d) has studied
7. 7.We ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) had ran (b) has run (c) have run (d) had run
8. 8.When Dad called, she ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) had (c) have
9. 9.He ___ Grandma before the bell rang. (a) have helped (b) has helped (c) had help (d) had helped
10. 10.By the time Mum came home, Ishaan ___ the bag. (a) had carry (b) have carried (c) had carried (d) has carried
11. 11.You ___ a kite before Mum came home. (a) had flew (b) has flown (c) have flown (d) had flown
12. 12.When Dad called, Tara ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) had (c) has
13. 13.When Dad called, we ___ already jogged in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
14. 14.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ the match. (a) have won (b) has won (c) had win (d) had won
15. 15.They ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) had watch (b) had watched (c) have watched (d) has watched
16. 16.When Dad called, you ___ already swum in the pool. (a) have (b) has (c) had
17. 17.When Dad called, I ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) had (c) have
18. 18.When Dad called, Sneha ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) has (c) have
19. 19.By the time the bell rang, we ___ vegetables. (a) had bought (b) had buy (c) have bought (d) has bought
20. 20.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already flown a kite. (a) have (b) has (c) had
21. 21.My sister ___ in the pool before the guests arrived. (a) had swam (b) have swum (c) has swum (d) had swum
22. 22.When Dad called, you ___ already drunk milk. (a) have (b) has (c) had
23. 23.When Dad called, Isha ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) have (c) had
24. 24.Kavya ___ in the pool before it got dark. (a) had swum (b) had swam (c) has swum (d) have swum
25. 25.He ___ the dishes before it got dark. (a) have washed (b) has washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
26. 26.When Dad called, they ___ already planted a tree. (a) has (b) had (c) have
27. 27.By the time the bell rang, my friends ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
28. 28.I ___ the dishes before the bell rang. (a) has washed (b) had washed (c) have washed (d) had wash
29. 29.By the time the guests arrived, the students ___ a kite. (a) had flown (b) has flown (c) had flew (d) have flown
30. 30.By the time the bell rang, we ___ to school. (a) has gone (b) had went (c) have gone (d) had gone
31. 31.We ___ the dishes before the guests arrived. (a) has washed (b) have washed (c) had washed (d) had wash
32. 32.When Dad called, we ___ already cleaned the room. (a) had (b) has (c) have
33. 33.He ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) had clean (b) had cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) has cleaned
34. 34.My sister ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) have thrown (b) had threw (c) had thrown (d) has thrown
35. 35.When Dad called, my parents ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) has (b) have (c) had
36. 36.When Dad called, my parents ___ already won the match. (a) had (b) has (c) have
37. 37.I ___ a cake before it got dark. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
38. 38.They ___ lunch before Mum came home. (a) has brought (b) had bring (c) had brought (d) have brought
39. 39.When Dad called, we ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) had (b) has (c) have
40. 40.You ___ Hindi before the guests arrived. (a) has spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoken (d) had spoke

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