Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 729 · 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.When Dad called, they ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) have (c) had
2. 2.When Dad called, I ___ already taken the train. (a) has (b) had (c) have
3. 3.By the time we reached, my sister ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) have jogged (c) had jogged (d) has jogged
4. 4.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sang (c) have sung (d) had sung
5. 5.When Dad called, you ___ already won the match. (a) had (b) has (c) have
6. 6.When Dad called, Karan ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) had (c) have
7. 7.We ___ for the team before it got dark. (a) had clapped (b) have clapped (c) had clap (d) has clapped
8. 8.When Dad called, they ___ already bought vegetables. (a) have (b) has (c) had
9. 9.Diya ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) has climbed (d) had climbed
10. 10.By the time the guests arrived, Nisha ___ vegetables. (a) have bought (b) had bought (c) has bought (d) had buy
11. 11.My sister ___ a message before the bell rang. (a) had sent (b) has sent (c) have sent (d) had send
12. 12.When Dad called, you ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) had (b) has (c) have
13. 13.He ___ tea before it got dark. (a) have made (b) had make (c) has made (d) had made
14. 14.By the time we reached, I ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sung (c) had sang (d) have sung
15. 15.You ___ for the team before the guests arrived. (a) has clapped (b) have clapped (c) had clap (d) had clapped
16. 16.I ___ on the stage before it got dark. (a) has danced (b) had danced (c) had dance (d) have danced
17. 17.By the time Mum came home, they ___ the bag. (a) has carried (b) had carried (c) have carried (d) had carry
18. 18.Sneha ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) had baked (b) has baked (c) had bake (d) have baked
19. 19.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a cartoon. (a) had watched (b) has watched (c) had watch (d) have watched
20. 20.By the time the bell rang, you ___ Hindi. (a) have spoken (b) has spoken (c) had spoke (d) had spoken
21. 21.He ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) has told (b) had tell (c) had told (d) have told
22. 22.When Dad called, Vivaan ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) have (c) had
23. 23.When Dad called, you ___ already jogged in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
24. 24.By the time we reached, we ___ science. (a) had studied (b) had study (c) has studied (d) have studied
25. 25.When Dad called, I ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) had (c) have
26. 26.She ___ a story before the bell rang. (a) have told (b) had told (c) has told (d) had tell
27. 27.They ___ a story before the guests arrived. (a) have told (b) had told (c) had tell (d) has told
28. 28.When Dad called, you ___ already drunk milk. (a) has (b) have (c) had
29. 29.By the time Mum came home, my parents ___ a story. (a) have told (b) has told (c) had tell (d) had told
30. 30.When Dad called, you ___ already cooked rice. (a) have (b) has (c) had
31. 31.When Dad called, my parents ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) have (c) had
32. 32.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) had written (c) has written (d) have written
33. 33.Karan ___ a story before the bell rang. (a) have told (b) had told (c) has told (d) had tell
34. 34.She ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) have climbed (b) had climb (c) has climbed (d) had climbed
35. 35.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ Hindi. (a) had spoke (b) has spoken (c) have spoken (d) had spoken
36. 36.I ___ a message before it got dark. (a) has sent (b) had sent (c) have sent (d) had send
37. 37.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, my friends ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) has written (d) had written
39. 39.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ the match. (a) had win (b) have won (c) had won (d) has won
40. 40.You ___ on the stage before the guests arrived. (a) had danced (b) had dance (c) has danced (d) have danced

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