Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 633 · 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, Kavya ___ the bag. (a) had carry (b) have carried (c) had carried (d) has carried
2. 2.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ a cake. (a) have baked (b) had baked (c) had bake (d) has baked
3. 3.When Dad called, he ___ already jogged in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
4. 4.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) have (c) had
5. 5.We ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) have jogged (b) had jogged (c) had jog (d) has jogged
6. 6.They ___ Hindi before Mum came home. (a) had spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoke (d) has spoken
7. 7.By the time Mum came home, we ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) has played (c) have played (d) had play
8. 8.When Dad called, she ___ already studied science. (a) had (b) have (c) has
9. 9.She ___ a song before the guests arrived. (a) has sung (b) had sung (c) have sung (d) had sang
10. 10.I ___ the match before the bell rang. (a) has won (b) have won (c) had won (d) had win
11. 11.When Dad called, Yash ___ already studied science. (a) have (b) has (c) had
12. 12.You ___ a cartoon before the guests arrived. (a) has watched (b) have watched (c) had watch (d) had watched
13. 13.When Dad called, they ___ already danced on the stage. (a) had (b) has (c) have
14. 14.By the time we reached, I ___ a picture. (a) has drawn (b) have drawn (c) had drew (d) had drawn
15. 15.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a letter. (a) has written (b) had wrote (c) had written (d) have written
16. 16.By the time Mum came home, Omkar ___ a picture. (a) have drawn (b) had drawn (c) has drawn (d) had drew
17. 17.By the time we reached, she ___ vegetables. (a) have bought (b) had bought (c) had buy (d) has bought
18. 18.When Dad called, my sister ___ already worn a cap. (a) have (b) had (c) has
19. 19.When Dad called, the children ___ already cleaned the room. (a) had (b) has (c) have
20. 20.My sister ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) had send (b) had sent (c) has sent (d) have sent
21. 21.He ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) have bought (b) had bought (c) had buy (d) has bought
22. 22.By the time we reached, she ___ a cartoon. (a) had watched (b) has watched (c) had watch (d) have watched
23. 23.By the time Mum came home, Arjun ___ a picture. (a) had drew (b) had drawn (c) have drawn (d) has drawn
24. 24.By the time we reached, they ___ the train. (a) has taken (b) had took (c) have taken (d) had taken
25. 25.When Dad called, the children ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) have (c) had
26. 26.By the time the guests arrived, Farhan ___ a story. (a) have told (b) had tell (c) has told (d) had told
27. 27.She ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) had took (b) has taken (c) had taken (d) have taken
28. 28.When Dad called, he ___ already studied science. (a) had (b) has (c) have
29. 29.By the time the guests arrived, my parents ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) had clean
30. 30.When Dad called, he ___ already made tea. (a) had (b) has (c) have
31. 31.By the time the bell rang, they ___ a story. (a) had tell (b) have told (c) has told (d) had told
32. 32.By the time Mum came home, Neel ___ a message. (a) have sent (b) had send (c) has sent (d) had sent
33. 33.When Dad called, you ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
34. 34.By the time the bell rang, we ___ the ball. (a) have caught (b) had catch (c) had caught (d) has caught
35. 35.When Dad called, she ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) has (c) had
36. 36.When Dad called, you ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) has (b) had (c) have
37. 37.By the time Mum came home, they ___ the bag. (a) had carried (b) has carried (c) have carried (d) had carry
38. 38.By the time Mum came home, we ___ science. (a) has studied (b) had studied (c) have studied (d) had study
39. 39.By the time the bell rang, the students ___ rice. (a) had cooked (b) have cooked (c) had cook (d) has cooked
40. 40.By the time the bell rang, we ___ on the stage. (a) have danced (b) had danced (c) has danced (d) had dance

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