Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 54 · 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.Isha ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) had jog (b) have jogged (c) had jogged (d) has jogged
2. 2.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) has caught (c) have caught (d) had caught
3. 3.He ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) had study (d) has studied
4. 4.By the time Mum came home, they ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) have caught (c) had caught (d) has caught
5. 5.When Dad called, they ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) had (c) have
6. 6.When Dad called, my sister ___ already drunk milk. (a) has (b) had (c) have
7. 7.By the time we reached, I ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) had written (c) has written (d) have written
8. 8.By the time the guests arrived, Pooja ___ science. (a) have studied (b) has studied (c) had study (d) had studied
9. 9.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a tree. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
10. 10.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ in the park. (a) have run (b) had ran (c) has run (d) had run
11. 11.Rahul ___ cricket before the guests arrived. (a) have played (b) had played (c) has played (d) had play
12. 12.By the time the bell rang, he ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) have planted (c) had plant (d) had planted
13. 13.You ___ in the pool before Mum came home. (a) have swum (b) had swam (c) had swum (d) has swum
14. 14.When Dad called, he ___ already climbed a tree. (a) has (b) have (c) had
15. 15.My sister ___ for the team before the guests arrived. (a) have clapped (b) had clap (c) had clapped (d) has clapped
16. 16.She ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) have planted (b) had plant (c) has planted (d) had planted
17. 17.We ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) had told (b) have told (c) has told (d) had tell
18. 18.When Dad called, we ___ already danced on the stage. (a) have (b) has (c) had
19. 19.By the time Mum came home, you ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) had clean
20. 20.By the time the bell rang, Kunal ___ science. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) had study (d) has studied
21. 21.You ___ Hindi before it got dark. (a) have spoken (b) had spoken (c) has spoken (d) had spoke
22. 22.By the time Mum came home, Saanvi ___ vegetables. (a) had bought (b) had buy (c) have bought (d) has bought
23. 23.When Dad called, you ___ already thrown the ball. (a) has (b) had (c) have
24. 24.You ___ in the pool before the guests arrived. (a) has swum (b) had swum (c) have swum (d) had swam
25. 25.By the time Mum came home, you ___ rice. (a) has cooked (b) had cook (c) had cooked (d) have cooked
26. 26.When Dad called, they ___ already brought lunch. (a) have (b) had (c) has
27. 27.By the time we reached, he ___ the train. (a) had taken (b) has taken (c) have taken (d) had took
28. 28.Isha ___ a message before the bell rang. (a) has sent (b) had sent (c) have sent (d) had send
29. 29.She ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) had bought (b) has bought (c) have bought (d) had buy
30. 30.When Dad called, they ___ already drunk milk. (a) have (b) has (c) had
31. 31.You ___ rice before the guests arrived. (a) has cooked (b) have cooked (c) had cooked (d) had cook
32. 32.She ___ cricket before it got dark. (a) has played (b) had played (c) had play (d) have played
33. 33.By the time Mum came home, Nisha ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sung (c) have sung (d) had sang
34. 34.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a cap. (a) have worn (b) has worn (c) had worn (d) had wore
35. 35.Vivaan ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) have sung (b) had sang (c) has sung (d) had sung
36. 36.We ___ in the pool before it got dark. (a) had swam (b) has swum (c) have swum (d) had swum
37. 37.Meera ___ the bag before Mum came home. (a) has carried (b) had carried (c) have carried (d) had carry
38. 38.When Dad called, I ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) has (b) had (c) have
39. 39.By the time we reached, we ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) has watched
40. 40.When Dad called, he ___ already drunk milk. (a) had (b) have (c) has

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