Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 613 · 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, my friends ___ a kite. (a) has flown (b) had flown (c) have flown (d) had flew
2. 2.You ___ a kite before the guests arrived. (a) have flown (b) had flown (c) has flown (d) had flew
3. 3.By the time Mum came home, Yash ___ in the pool. (a) had swam (b) have swum (c) had swum (d) has swum
4. 4.She ___ lunch before the guests arrived. (a) have brought (b) had brought (c) has brought (d) had bring
5. 5.Yash ___ for the team before the bell rang. (a) had clapped (b) had clap (c) has clapped (d) have clapped
6. 6.I ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) have jogged (b) had jog (c) has jogged (d) had jogged
7. 7.We ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) have played (b) had play (c) had played (d) has played
8. 8.I ___ for the team before it got dark. (a) had clap (b) had clapped (c) have clapped (d) has clapped
9. 9.When Dad called, the children ___ already brought lunch. (a) have (b) had (c) has
10. 10.When Dad called, you ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
11. 11.My cousins ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) had climbed (b) had climb (c) have climbed (d) has climbed
12. 12.I ___ a song before the guests arrived. (a) had sang (b) has sung (c) have sung (d) had sung
13. 13.When Dad called, you ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) has (c) had
14. 14.When Dad called, he ___ already jogged in the park. (a) have (b) has (c) had
15. 15.When Dad called, they ___ already told a story. (a) have (b) has (c) had
16. 16.By the time the guests arrived, Ananya ___ a tree. (a) had climbed (b) have climbed (c) had climb (d) has climbed
17. 17.They ___ science before it got dark. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had study (d) had studied
18. 18.The students ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) has climbed (d) had climbed
19. 19.You ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) has run (b) had run (c) had ran (d) have run
20. 20.When Dad called, she ___ already drunk milk. (a) has (b) have (c) had
21. 21.When Dad called, I ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) have (c) had
22. 22.We ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) has baked (b) had bake (c) had baked (d) have baked
23. 23.When Dad called, Ananya ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) have (b) has (c) had
24. 24.When Dad called, I ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) has (c) had
25. 25.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ science. (a) have studied (b) has studied (c) had studied (d) had study
26. 26.When Dad called, they ___ already played cricket. (a) have (b) has (c) had
27. 27.By the time Mum came home, I ___ a story. (a) have told (b) has told (c) had tell (d) had told
28. 28.She ___ the bag before the guests arrived. (a) had carry (b) had carried (c) has carried (d) have carried
29. 29.When Dad called, they ___ already won the match. (a) has (b) had (c) have
30. 30.They ___ tea before the bell rang. (a) has made (b) have made (c) had made (d) had make
31. 31.By the time we reached, he ___ tea. (a) has made (b) had make (c) have made (d) had made
32. 32.When Dad called, Rahul ___ already made tea. (a) have (b) has (c) had
33. 33.When Dad called, the students ___ already cleaned the room. (a) have (b) had (c) has
34. 34.My sister ___ a picture before the bell rang. (a) had drew (b) have drawn (c) had drawn (d) has drawn
35. 35.When Dad called, my parents ___ already taken the train. (a) has (b) had (c) have
36. 36.Ananya ___ a mango before it got dark. (a) has eaten (b) have eaten (c) had ate (d) had eaten
37. 37.Aditya ___ the dog before Mum came home. (a) have fed (b) had fed (c) had feed (d) has fed
38. 38.By the time Mum came home, I ___ in the park. (a) have jogged (b) had jog (c) has jogged (d) had jogged
39. 39.When Dad called, you ___ already drawn a picture. (a) has (b) have (c) had
40. 40.Riya ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) has planted (b) have planted (c) had planted (d) had plant

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