Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 734 · 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.We ___ to school before the bell rang. (a) had gone (b) have gone (c) had went (d) has gone
2. 2.Myra ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) had bought (b) has bought (c) have bought (d) had buy
3. 3.When Dad called, Saanvi ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
4. 4.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a bicycle. (a) had rode (b) has ridden (c) have ridden (d) had ridden
5. 5.By the time the bell rang, I ___ in the pool. (a) had swam (b) had swum (c) has swum (d) have swum
6. 6.By the time we reached, he ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) has thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
7. 7.When Dad called, my sister ___ already climbed a tree. (a) had (b) have (c) has
8. 8.When Dad called, she ___ already eaten a mango. (a) have (b) has (c) had
9. 9.By the time Mum came home, he ___ in the pool. (a) have swum (b) has swum (c) had swam (d) had swum
10. 10.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) had plant (c) have planted (d) had planted
11. 11.They ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) have taken (b) had took (c) has taken (d) had taken
12. 12.When Dad called, Omkar ___ already eaten a mango. (a) have (b) has (c) had
13. 13.When Dad called, she ___ already cooked rice. (a) had (b) has (c) have
14. 14.By the time Mum came home, the students ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) had sung (c) had sang (d) has sung
15. 15.I ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) had played (b) had play (c) has played (d) have played
16. 16.By the time we reached, Myra ___ science. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) have studied (d) had studied
17. 17.When Dad called, Nisha ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) have (c) had
18. 18.When Dad called, I ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) had (c) has
19. 19.By the time Mum came home, I ___ tea. (a) had made (b) has made (c) had make (d) have made
20. 20.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ to school. (a) had went (b) have gone (c) has gone (d) had gone
21. 21.When Dad called, the children ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) have (c) had
22. 22.When Dad called, I ___ already caught the ball. (a) had (b) has (c) have
23. 23.My sister ___ tea before it got dark. (a) has made (b) had made (c) had make (d) have made
24. 24.He ___ to school before Mum came home. (a) have gone (b) had gone (c) had went (d) has gone
25. 25.When Dad called, they ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) have (c) had
26. 26.When Dad called, he ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) have (b) had (c) has
27. 27.When Dad called, you ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) have (c) had
28. 28.When Dad called, I ___ already cooked rice. (a) had (b) has (c) have
29. 29.When Dad called, Ira ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) had (b) has (c) have
30. 30.By the time we reached, we ___ a sandcastle. (a) had built (b) had build (c) have built (d) has built
31. 31.By the time we reached, you ___ in the pool. (a) has swum (b) had swam (c) had swum (d) have swum
32. 32.Aditya ___ science before Mum came home. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had study (d) had studied
33. 33.When Dad called, they ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) have (c) had
34. 34.When Dad called, they ___ already planted a tree. (a) have (b) had (c) has
35. 35.When Dad called, you ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) has (c) had
36. 36.By the time Mum came home, Riya ___ a story. (a) has told (b) have told (c) had tell (d) had told
37. 37.When Dad called, you ___ already cooked rice. (a) have (b) had (c) has
38. 38.My cousins ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) has run (b) had ran (c) had run (d) have run
39. 39.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ vegetables. (a) had buy (b) have bought (c) had bought (d) has bought
40. 40.When Dad called, my friends ___ already gone to school. (a) have (b) has (c) had

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