Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 660 · 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, we ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) had baked (c) have baked (d) has baked
2. 2.By the time we reached, he ___ in the park. (a) have run (b) had run (c) has run (d) had ran
3. 3.When Dad called, you ___ already baked a cake. (a) have (b) has (c) had
4. 4.We ___ the match before Mum came home. (a) has won (b) had won (c) have won (d) had win
5. 5.My sister ___ rice before the guests arrived. (a) had cooked (b) had cook (c) has cooked (d) have cooked
6. 6.We ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) has sent (b) have sent (c) had send (d) had sent
7. 7.By the time we reached, they ___ the dog. (a) had feed (b) has fed (c) have fed (d) had fed
8. 8.When Dad called, my brother ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) have (c) had
9. 9.When Dad called, you ___ already studied science. (a) have (b) had (c) has
10. 10.He ___ rice before Mum came home. (a) had cook (b) have cooked (c) had cooked (d) has cooked
11. 11.When Dad called, Diya ___ already washed the dishes. (a) had (b) has (c) have
12. 12.By the time Mum came home, Isha ___ science. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) have studied (d) had studied
13. 13.Nisha ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) have told (b) had tell (c) has told (d) had told
14. 14.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ the dog. (a) had feed (b) had fed (c) has fed (d) have fed
15. 15.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ on the stage. (a) has danced (b) had danced (c) had dance (d) have danced
16. 16.When Dad called, they ___ already climbed a tree. (a) has (b) have (c) had
17. 17.He ___ a story before the guests arrived. (a) had tell (b) had told (c) have told (d) has told
18. 18.My sister ___ a cartoon before the bell rang. (a) has watched (b) had watched (c) have watched (d) had watch
19. 19.By the time Mum came home, she ___ the match. (a) has won (b) had won (c) had win (d) have won
20. 20.Riya ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) had spoken (b) had spoke (c) have spoken (d) has spoken
21. 21.When Dad called, they ___ already drunk milk. (a) has (b) have (c) had
22. 22.My sister ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) has cleaned (b) had clean (c) have cleaned (d) had cleaned
23. 23.By the time we reached, you ___ a letter. (a) had written (b) have written (c) has written (d) had wrote
24. 24.When Dad called, Ishaan ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) had (c) have
25. 25.When Dad called, Ananya ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) have (c) has
26. 26.By the time we reached, I ___ a cap. (a) has worn (b) had wore (c) had worn (d) have worn
27. 27.By the time the bell rang, we ___ the dishes. (a) had washed (b) has washed (c) have washed (d) had wash
28. 28.By the time we reached, he ___ rice. (a) have cooked (b) had cooked (c) has cooked (d) had cook
29. 29.When Dad called, they ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) had (c) have
30. 30.You ___ Grandma before Mum came home. (a) had helped (b) have helped (c) has helped (d) had help
31. 31.When Dad called, he ___ already flown a kite. (a) had (b) has (c) have
32. 32.You ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) has won (b) had win (c) had won (d) have won
33. 33.I ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) had won (b) has won (c) had win (d) have won
34. 34.He ___ a story before the bell rang. (a) has told (b) have told (c) had told (d) had tell
35. 35.When Dad called, my sister ___ already eaten a mango. (a) have (b) had (c) has
36. 36.Sneha ___ a story before it got dark. (a) had told (b) had tell (c) have told (d) has told
37. 37.I ___ the room before the guests arrived. (a) had cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) had clean
38. 38.When Dad called, Sneha ___ already played cricket. (a) had (b) have (c) has
39. 39.He ___ a cartoon before the guests arrived. (a) has watched (b) had watch (c) have watched (d) had watched
40. 40.My cousins ___ rice before it got dark. (a) had cook (b) had cooked (c) has cooked (d) have cooked

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