Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 6 · 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 bell rang, she ___ Grandma. (a) had helped (b) had help (c) has helped (d) have helped
2. 2.My friends ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) had jogged (b) has jogged (c) had jog (d) have jogged
3. 3.By the time Mum came home, we ___ tea. (a) had made (b) have made (c) has made (d) had make
4. 4.When Dad called, I ___ already told a story. (a) have (b) had (c) has
5. 5.I ___ on the stage before the guests arrived. (a) have danced (b) had dance (c) had danced (d) has danced
6. 6.Farhan ___ a sandcastle before the bell rang. (a) have built (b) had built (c) had build (d) has built
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ the match. (a) have won (b) has won (c) had won (d) had win
8. 8.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ science. (a) have studied (b) has studied (c) had studied (d) had study
9. 9.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ a song. (a) had sang (b) has sung (c) have sung (d) had sung
10. 10.You ___ a picture before it got dark. (a) had drew (b) have drawn (c) has drawn (d) had drawn
11. 11.By the time the guests arrived, Aisha ___ a story. (a) has told (b) had tell (c) had told (d) have told
12. 12.My friends ___ in the pool before it got dark. (a) had swam (b) have swum (c) had swum (d) has swum
13. 13.By the time Mum came home, Vivaan ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) had watched (c) has watched (d) have watched
14. 14.By the time Mum came home, he ___ a bicycle. (a) had rode (b) have ridden (c) has ridden (d) had ridden
15. 15.When Dad called, we ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) have (c) had
16. 16.By the time the guests arrived, the children ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) have thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
17. 17.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ the train. (a) has taken (b) had took (c) have taken (d) had taken
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ to school. (a) has gone (b) had gone (c) had went (d) have gone
19. 19.When Dad called, they ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) have (c) had
20. 20.I ___ the bag before it got dark. (a) had carry (b) has carried (c) have carried (d) had carried
21. 21.She ___ a sandcastle before the guests arrived. (a) have built (b) had build (c) had built (d) has built
22. 22.They ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) have thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) has thrown
23. 23.Omkar ___ the dishes before the guests arrived. (a) have washed (b) has washed (c) had washed (d) had wash
24. 24.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) has baked
25. 25.By the time Mum came home, Meera ___ a mango. (a) had ate (b) have eaten (c) had eaten (d) has eaten
26. 26.When Dad called, he ___ already studied science. (a) have (b) has (c) had
27. 27.Rohan ___ a message before Mum came home. (a) has sent (b) had send (c) have sent (d) had sent
28. 28.By the time the guests arrived, my sister ___ a kite. (a) has flown (b) had flown (c) had flew (d) have flown
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, we ___ the match. (a) have won (b) has won (c) had win (d) had won
30. 30.When Dad called, she ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) had (b) have (c) has
31. 31.When Dad called, we ___ already eaten a mango. (a) have (b) has (c) had
32. 32.By the time the bell rang, you ___ in the park. (a) had ran (b) had run (c) has run (d) have run
33. 33.When Dad called, they ___ already played cricket. (a) have (b) had (c) has
34. 34.When Dad called, Rohan ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) has (b) had (c) have
35. 35.By the time the bell rang, the children ___ in the park. (a) have jogged (b) has jogged (c) had jog (d) had jogged
36. 36.When Dad called, the children ___ already sung a song. (a) has (b) had (c) have
37. 37.She ___ a mango before it got dark. (a) have eaten (b) had eaten (c) had ate (d) has eaten
38. 38.She ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) has written (b) have written (c) had written (d) had wrote
39. 39.By the time we reached, the children ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) have sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
40. 40.He ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) had watched (b) have watched (c) has watched (d) had watch

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