Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 630 · 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 Mum came home, Ira ___ lunch. (a) have brought (b) had brought (c) has brought (d) had bring
2. 2.We ___ a picture before Mum came home. (a) had drawn (b) had drew (c) has drawn (d) have drawn
3. 3.Aarav ___ the room before it got dark. (a) have cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) had clean
4. 4.When Dad called, you ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) had (c) has
5. 5.Zoya ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) has told (b) had told (c) have told (d) had tell
6. 6.When Dad called, my sister ___ already baked a cake. (a) have (b) has (c) had
7. 7.By the time we reached, she ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) have played (c) had played (d) has played
8. 8.By the time we reached, you ___ a cap. (a) has worn (b) have worn (c) had worn (d) had wore
9. 9.When Dad called, he ___ already brought lunch. (a) have (b) has (c) had
10. 10.My brother ___ the bag before the guests arrived. (a) has carried (b) had carried (c) had carry (d) have carried
11. 11.When Dad called, I ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) have (c) had
12. 12.By the time we reached, you ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) have sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
13. 13.When Dad called, Aditya ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) have (c) had
14. 14.By the time Mum came home, you ___ the room. (a) has cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) had clean
15. 15.When Dad called, he ___ already flown a kite. (a) have (b) had (c) has
16. 16.My cousins ___ a mango before it got dark. (a) had eaten (b) have eaten (c) has eaten (d) had ate
17. 17.She ___ for the team before the guests arrived. (a) had clap (b) has clapped (c) have clapped (d) had clapped
18. 18.By the time we reached, she ___ a letter. (a) had written (b) have written (c) had wrote (d) has written
19. 19.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a letter. (a) had written (b) has written (c) had wrote (d) have written
20. 20.My friends ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) had taken (b) had took (c) has taken (d) have taken
21. 21.They ___ Grandma before it got dark. (a) had helped (b) have helped (c) had help (d) has helped
22. 22.Rohan ___ the dog before the bell rang. (a) had fed (b) had feed (c) has fed (d) have fed
23. 23.We ___ a mango before the guests arrived. (a) have eaten (b) had eaten (c) has eaten (d) had ate
24. 24.By the time the guests arrived, Aarav ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) had played (c) has played (d) have played
25. 25.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) have (c) had
26. 26.By the time we reached, he ___ cricket. (a) have played (b) had played (c) had play (d) has played
27. 27.She ___ the match before it got dark. (a) had win (b) had won (c) have won (d) has won
28. 28.I ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) has sent (b) had sent (c) have sent (d) had send
29. 29.Riya ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) have written (b) had wrote (c) has written (d) had written
30. 30.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a tree. (a) had climb (b) had climbed (c) have climbed (d) has climbed
31. 31.He ___ a mango before the guests arrived. (a) have eaten (b) has eaten (c) had ate (d) had eaten
32. 32.Rohan ___ to school before the guests arrived. (a) had went (b) has gone (c) have gone (d) had gone
33. 33.You ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) have told (b) has told (c) had told (d) had tell
34. 34.They ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) has run (b) had ran (c) had run (d) have run
35. 35.We ___ the dog before it got dark. (a) has fed (b) have fed (c) had fed (d) had feed
36. 36.Omkar ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) had plant (b) had planted (c) have planted (d) has planted
37. 37.We ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) have drunk (b) had drank (c) had drunk (d) has drunk
38. 38.They ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) had caught (b) has caught (c) have caught (d) had catch
39. 39.My brother ___ a kite before the guests arrived. (a) has flown (b) had flown (c) have flown (d) had flew
40. 40.By the time we reached, he ___ a letter. (a) has written (b) had wrote (c) have written (d) had written

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