Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 583 · 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.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ the ball. (a) had thrown (b) has thrown (c) had threw (d) have thrown
2. 2.By the time the bell rang, they ___ the dog. (a) have fed (b) had feed (c) had fed (d) has fed
3. 3.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ tea. (a) has made (b) have made (c) had make (d) had made
4. 4.When Dad called, my brother ___ already cooked rice. (a) had (b) has (c) have
5. 5.By the time Mum came home, they ___ rice. (a) have cooked (b) had cook (c) has cooked (d) had cooked
6. 6.By the time we reached, he ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
7. 7.When Dad called, Kunal ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) have (c) had
8. 8.My sister ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) has baked (b) had bake (c) have baked (d) had baked
9. 9.Omkar ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) had sang (b) had sung (c) has sung (d) have sung
10. 10.When Dad called, she ___ already made tea. (a) have (b) has (c) had
11. 11.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ the ball. (a) had thrown (b) had threw (c) has thrown (d) have thrown
12. 12.I ___ science before the bell rang. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) have studied (d) had studied
13. 13.By the time Mum came home, we ___ science. (a) have studied (b) had study (c) had studied (d) has studied
14. 14.By the time the bell rang, the children ___ a picture. (a) had drawn (b) have drawn (c) had drew (d) has drawn
15. 15.He ___ a cap before the guests arrived. (a) had wore (b) had worn (c) have worn (d) has worn
16. 16.She ___ the match before the bell rang. (a) had win (b) has won (c) had won (d) have won
17. 17.My cousins ___ in the pool before Mum came home. (a) has swum (b) had swam (c) had swum (d) have swum
18. 18.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ Hindi. (a) have spoken (b) had spoken (c) had spoke (d) has spoken
19. 19.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had bake (d) had baked
20. 20.Zoya ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) have watched (b) had watched (c) has watched (d) had watch
21. 21.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ the bag. (a) had carry (b) have carried (c) had carried (d) has carried
22. 22.Kabir ___ lunch before the guests arrived. (a) had brought (b) had bring (c) has brought (d) have brought
23. 23.By the time Mum came home, I ___ the dog. (a) had fed (b) have fed (c) had feed (d) has fed
24. 24.By the time Mum came home, you ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) have played (c) had played (d) has played
25. 25.My brother ___ cricket before the bell rang. (a) have played (b) has played (c) had played (d) had play
26. 26.When Dad called, they ___ already studied science. (a) have (b) has (c) had
27. 27.We ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) have thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) has thrown
28. 28.By the time we reached, she ___ the bag. (a) had carry (b) has carried (c) had carried (d) have carried
29. 29.By the time the guests arrived, Karan ___ vegetables. (a) have bought (b) had buy (c) had bought (d) has bought
30. 30.He ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) have watched (b) had watched (c) had watch (d) has watched
31. 31.They ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) has sent (b) had send (c) had sent (d) have sent
32. 32.When Dad called, Kabir ___ already made tea. (a) have (b) has (c) had
33. 33.When Dad called, I ___ already climbed a tree. (a) have (b) has (c) had
34. 34.When Dad called, he ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) had (c) have
35. 35.When Dad called, you ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
36. 36.When Dad called, you ___ already gone to school. (a) have (b) has (c) had
37. 37.She ___ on the stage before the bell rang. (a) have danced (b) has danced (c) had danced (d) had dance
38. 38.They ___ in the pool before Mum came home. (a) had swam (b) had swum (c) have swum (d) has swum
39. 39.When Dad called, I ___ already gone to school. (a) have (b) had (c) has
40. 40.When Dad called, he ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) have (c) had

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