Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 610 · 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, she ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) had watched (c) have watched (d) has watched
2. 2.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ on the stage. (a) have danced (b) has danced (c) had dance (d) had danced
3. 3.When Dad called, you ___ already jogged in the park. (a) have (b) had (c) has
4. 4.My sister ___ Hindi before Mum came home. (a) had spoke (b) have spoken (c) had spoken (d) has spoken
5. 5.By the time we reached, we ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) has watched (c) have watched (d) had watched
6. 6.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ vegetables. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had buy (d) had bought
7. 7.When Dad called, he ___ already thrown the ball. (a) have (b) had (c) has
8. 8.They ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) had plant (b) had planted (c) have planted (d) has planted
9. 9.When Dad called, Farhan ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
10. 10.You ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) has planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) have planted
11. 11.By the time the bell rang, they ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) had plant (c) have planted (d) had planted
12. 12.By the time the guests arrived, Ira ___ the room. (a) has cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) had clean
13. 13.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a tree. (a) had planted (b) have planted (c) has planted (d) had plant
14. 14.She ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had jog (b) has jogged (c) have jogged (d) had jogged
15. 15.She ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) have caught (b) had catch (c) has caught (d) had caught
16. 16.When Dad called, we ___ already drawn a picture. (a) had (b) have (c) has
17. 17.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a bicycle. (a) have ridden (b) had rode (c) has ridden (d) had ridden
18. 18.When Dad called, you ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) have (c) had
19. 19.When Dad called, Arjun ___ already climbed a tree. (a) had (b) has (c) have
20. 20.When Dad called, we ___ already written a letter. (a) has (b) have (c) had
21. 21.She ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) has jogged (b) had jogged (c) had jog (d) have jogged
22. 22.You ___ the train before it got dark. (a) had took (b) have taken (c) has taken (d) had taken
23. 23.When Dad called, you ___ already flown a kite. (a) has (b) have (c) had
24. 24.When Dad called, Rahul ___ already thrown the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
25. 25.By the time we reached, we ___ tea. (a) has made (b) have made (c) had make (d) had made
26. 26.When Dad called, she ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) have (c) had
27. 27.By the time Mum came home, I ___ a kite. (a) has flown (b) had flown (c) have flown (d) had flew
28. 28.They ___ the train before it got dark. (a) had took (b) had taken (c) have taken (d) has taken
29. 29.By the time we reached, he ___ to school. (a) had went (b) has gone (c) had gone (d) have gone
30. 30.He ___ the bag before the bell rang. (a) have carried (b) had carried (c) had carry (d) has carried
31. 31.When Dad called, the children ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) had (c) have
32. 32.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ the train. (a) has taken (b) have taken (c) had took (d) had taken
33. 33.By the time the guests arrived, the children ___ to school. (a) had gone (b) had went (c) have gone (d) has gone
34. 34.When Dad called, Rohan ___ already studied science. (a) had (b) have (c) has
35. 35.When Dad called, you ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) had (b) has (c) have
36. 36.By the time the bell rang, they ___ science. (a) had studied (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) had study
37. 37.By the time Mum came home, he ___ the ball. (a) had threw (b) have thrown (c) had thrown (d) has thrown
38. 38.I ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) had bought (b) had buy (c) has bought (d) have bought
39. 39.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ Grandma. (a) has helped (b) have helped (c) had help (d) had helped
40. 40.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a letter. (a) has written (b) had wrote (c) had written (d) have written

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