Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 668 · 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, she ___ a picture. (a) had drawn (b) has drawn (c) had drew (d) have drawn
2. 2.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ in the pool. (a) had swum (b) have swum (c) had swam (d) has swum
3. 3.When Dad called, the students ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
4. 4.You ___ a sandcastle before it got dark. (a) had built (b) had build (c) has built (d) have built
5. 5.When Dad called, Dev ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) had (c) have
6. 6.By the time the bell rang, Aarav ___ milk. (a) had drank (b) have drunk (c) has drunk (d) had drunk
7. 7.When Dad called, you ___ already climbed a tree. (a) has (b) had (c) have
8. 8.When Dad called, we ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) had (c) have
9. 9.He ___ a picture before the bell rang. (a) had drew (b) had drawn (c) have drawn (d) has drawn
10. 10.By the time we reached, you ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) have watched (c) had watch (d) had watched
11. 11.When Dad called, Nisha ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) has (c) had
12. 12.He ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) had clean (b) has cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) have cleaned
13. 13.We ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) had baked (b) has baked (c) had bake (d) have baked
14. 14.When Dad called, we ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
15. 15.By the time we reached, you ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) had clean (c) has cleaned (d) had cleaned
16. 16.By the time we reached, I ___ a letter. (a) has written (b) had written (c) had wrote (d) have written
17. 17.My sister ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) had played (b) had play (c) has played (d) have played
18. 18.My friends ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) had ate (b) has eaten (c) had eaten (d) have eaten
19. 19.He ___ a picture before Mum came home. (a) has drawn (b) had drawn (c) had drew (d) have drawn
20. 20.When Dad called, we ___ already caught the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
21. 21.When Dad called, she ___ already caught the ball. (a) has (b) had (c) have
22. 22.When Dad called, he ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) have (c) had
23. 23.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ the bag. (a) has carried (b) had carried (c) have carried (d) had carry
24. 24.You ___ a story before it got dark. (a) had tell (b) had told (c) have told (d) has told
25. 25.When Dad called, she ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) have (c) had
26. 26.By the time Mum came home, we ___ in the park. (a) have run (b) has run (c) had ran (d) had run
27. 27.Priya ___ lunch before the bell rang. (a) had brought (b) has brought (c) have brought (d) had bring
28. 28.I ___ the dishes before the bell rang. (a) have washed (b) had washed (c) had wash (d) has washed
29. 29.Saanvi ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) have planted (b) has planted (c) had planted (d) had plant
30. 30.I ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) has ridden (b) have ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode
31. 31.She ___ a letter before Mum came home. (a) has written (b) have written (c) had wrote (d) had written
32. 32.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ for the team. (a) had clapped (b) had clap (c) have clapped (d) has clapped
33. 33.My brother ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) has watched
34. 34.They ___ milk before the guests arrived. (a) has drunk (b) had drunk (c) had drank (d) have drunk
35. 35.When Dad called, he ___ already written a letter. (a) have (b) has (c) had
36. 36.When Dad called, we ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
37. 37.By the time we reached, my brother ___ vegetables. (a) had bought (b) had buy (c) has bought (d) have bought
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, you ___ the train. (a) have taken (b) had took (c) had taken (d) has taken
39. 39.By the time we reached, they ___ a kite. (a) had flown (b) has flown (c) had flew (d) have flown
40. 40.You ___ to school before Mum came home. (a) had went (b) had gone (c) have gone (d) has gone

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