Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 555 · 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 ___ on the stage before the guests arrived. (a) had dance (b) have danced (c) has danced (d) had danced
2. 2.By the time Mum came home, I ___ vegetables. (a) have bought (b) had buy (c) has bought (d) had bought
3. 3.She ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) had catch (b) had caught (c) have caught (d) has caught
4. 4.I ___ a cartoon before it got dark. (a) had watched (b) had watch (c) has watched (d) have watched
5. 5.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a picture. (a) have drawn (b) had drawn (c) has drawn (d) had drew
6. 6.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ a song. (a) had sung (b) have sung (c) had sang (d) has sung
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ a cap. (a) had wore (b) have worn (c) has worn (d) had worn
8. 8.When Dad called, Aisha ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) has (c) had
9. 9.I ___ on the stage before the guests arrived. (a) had danced (b) had dance (c) has danced (d) have danced
10. 10.When Dad called, you ___ already eaten a mango. (a) has (b) have (c) had
11. 11.By the time Mum came home, my cousins ___ the dog. (a) have fed (b) has fed (c) had fed (d) had feed
12. 12.When Dad called, Manav ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) have (c) had
13. 13.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) has thrown
14. 14.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a cap. (a) had worn (b) have worn (c) has worn (d) had wore
15. 15.By the time we reached, Aditya ___ Hindi. (a) have spoken (b) had spoke (c) had spoken (d) has spoken
16. 16.When Dad called, she ___ already flown a kite. (a) have (b) has (c) had
17. 17.I ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) has drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drank (d) had drunk
18. 18.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a story. (a) had tell (b) has told (c) had told (d) have told
19. 19.My friends ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) has thrown (b) have thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
20. 20.They ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) has jogged (b) have jogged (c) had jog (d) had jogged
21. 21.I ___ a cap before the bell rang. (a) had wore (b) had worn (c) has worn (d) have worn
22. 22.By the time Mum came home, we ___ Grandma. (a) had helped (b) have helped (c) had help (d) has helped
23. 23.She ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) has run (b) had ran (c) have run (d) had run
24. 24.My parents ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) have thrown (b) had threw (c) had thrown (d) has thrown
25. 25.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) have planted (c) had planted (d) had plant
26. 26.When Dad called, Ishaan ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) had (c) have
27. 27.She ___ in the pool before the bell rang. (a) had swam (b) has swum (c) had swum (d) have swum
28. 28.My parents ___ the room before the guests arrived. (a) had clean (b) has cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) have cleaned
29. 29.When Dad called, I ___ already flown a kite. (a) have (b) has (c) had
30. 30.My sister ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) has sung (b) had sung (c) have sung (d) had sang
31. 31.When Dad called, he ___ already climbed a tree. (a) had (b) has (c) have
32. 32.When Dad called, you ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) have (c) had
33. 33.Kunal ___ the dog before Mum came home. (a) have fed (b) had fed (c) has fed (d) had feed
34. 34.By the time the bell rang, we ___ science. (a) had studied (b) had study (c) has studied (d) have studied
35. 35.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) has watched (c) had watched (d) have watched
36. 36.By the time Mum came home, I ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) have sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
37. 37.By the time the bell rang, Yash ___ to school. (a) has gone (b) had gone (c) had went (d) have gone
38. 38.By the time Mum came home, I ___ a sandcastle. (a) have built (b) had build (c) has built (d) had built
39. 39.We ___ Hindi before the guests arrived. (a) had spoke (b) have spoken (c) had spoken (d) has spoken
40. 40.My brother ___ lunch before it got dark. (a) had brought (b) has brought (c) have brought (d) had bring

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