Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 602 · 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 we reached, I ___ in the pool. (a) had swam (b) have swum (c) has swum (d) had swum
2. 2.When Dad called, the students ___ already drawn a picture. (a) had (b) have (c) has
3. 3.By the time the bell rang, he ___ the match. (a) had win (b) had won (c) have won (d) has won
4. 4.The students ___ a cartoon before the guests arrived. (a) had watch (b) had watched (c) have watched (d) has watched
5. 5.By the time Mum came home, you ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) had caught (c) have caught (d) has caught
6. 6.By the time the bell rang, Saanvi ___ the dishes. (a) has washed (b) have washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
7. 7.When Dad called, we ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
8. 8.We ___ cricket before the bell rang. (a) had play (b) have played (c) has played (d) had played
9. 9.We ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) had caught (b) have caught (c) has caught (d) had catch
10. 10.By the time we reached, Zoya ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) had play (c) have played (d) has played
11. 11.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ a tree. (a) had planted (b) has planted (c) have planted (d) had plant
12. 12.When Dad called, they ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
13. 13.We ___ tea before Mum came home. (a) has made (b) have made (c) had made (d) had make
14. 14.By the time the bell rang, Arjun ___ a song. (a) had sung (b) have sung (c) had sang (d) has sung
15. 15.When Dad called, you ___ already sung a song. (a) have (b) had (c) has
16. 16.By the time we reached, I ___ Hindi. (a) have spoken (b) has spoken (c) had spoken (d) had spoke
17. 17.When Dad called, I ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) has (c) had
18. 18.They ___ lunch before it got dark. (a) had bring (b) has brought (c) had brought (d) have brought
19. 19.When Dad called, I ___ already played cricket. (a) have (b) has (c) had
20. 20.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a kite. (a) have flown (b) has flown (c) had flew (d) had flown
21. 21.You ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) had sung (b) had sang (c) have sung (d) has sung
22. 22.By the time we reached, I ___ a bicycle. (a) had ridden (b) have ridden (c) had rode (d) has ridden
23. 23.We ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had ran (b) had run (c) have run (d) has run
24. 24.By the time the bell rang, my friends ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) have played (c) had play (d) has played
25. 25.By the time the bell rang, you ___ in the park. (a) has jogged (b) had jog (c) had jogged (d) have jogged
26. 26.They ___ a sandcastle before the guests arrived. (a) has built (b) had built (c) had build (d) have built
27. 27.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ a bicycle. (a) had ridden (b) have ridden (c) had rode (d) has ridden
28. 28.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ milk. (a) had drank (b) has drunk (c) have drunk (d) had drunk
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, they ___ a story. (a) has told (b) had tell (c) have told (d) had told
30. 30.When Dad called, Saanvi ___ already fed the dog. (a) have (b) has (c) had
31. 31.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ in the park. (a) has jogged (b) had jogged (c) have jogged (d) had jog
32. 32.When Dad called, my sister ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
33. 33.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) had written (c) has written (d) have written
34. 34.By the time Mum came home, they ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) had written (c) has written (d) have written
35. 35.The students ___ a cartoon before the bell rang. (a) has watched (b) had watch (c) have watched (d) had watched
36. 36.I ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) had catch (b) have caught (c) had caught (d) has caught
37. 37.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) had baked (c) has baked (d) have baked
38. 38.You ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) have washed (b) had washed (c) had wash (d) has washed
39. 39.We ___ Hindi before Mum came home. (a) has spoken (b) had spoke (c) had spoken (d) have spoken
40. 40.When Dad called, Kunal ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) had (c) have

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