Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 772 · 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 Mum came home, I ___ a mango. (a) had ate (b) had eaten (c) have eaten (d) has eaten
2. 2.By the time we reached, I ___ a message. (a) had sent (b) have sent (c) has sent (d) had send
3. 3.By the time we reached, Aarav ___ the train. (a) has taken (b) have taken (c) had taken (d) had took
4. 4.When Dad called, you ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) had (c) have
5. 5.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ a letter. (a) had written (b) had wrote (c) have written (d) has written
6. 6.You ___ to school before the guests arrived. (a) had went (b) has gone (c) have gone (d) had gone
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ for the team. (a) has clapped (b) have clapped (c) had clap (d) had clapped
8. 8.By the time we reached, I ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) have played (c) had play (d) has played
9. 9.By the time Mum came home, you ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) has jogged (c) had jogged (d) have jogged
10. 10.When Dad called, my sister ___ already planted a tree. (a) has (b) have (c) had
11. 11.By the time we reached, I ___ the match. (a) had win (b) have won (c) had won (d) has won
12. 12.When Dad called, my brother ___ already climbed a tree. (a) has (b) have (c) had
13. 13.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ rice. (a) has cooked (b) had cook (c) have cooked (d) had cooked
14. 14.Isha ___ tea before it got dark. (a) had made (b) have made (c) had make (d) has made
15. 15.They ___ lunch before Mum came home. (a) had brought (b) has brought (c) have brought (d) had bring
16. 16.Aditya ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) had sent (b) has sent (c) have sent (d) had send
17. 17.When Dad called, Kabir ___ already taken the train. (a) had (b) has (c) have
18. 18.I ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) has climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) have climbed
19. 19.They ___ the bag before the guests arrived. (a) have carried (b) had carry (c) had carried (d) has carried
20. 20.By the time we reached, you ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) had bake (c) have baked (d) has baked
21. 21.By the time we reached, my cousins ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) had bake (c) had baked (d) have baked
22. 22.When Dad called, I ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) has (c) had
23. 23.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a cap. (a) has worn (b) have worn (c) had wore (d) had worn
24. 24.You ___ rice before it got dark. (a) had cook (b) have cooked (c) has cooked (d) had cooked
25. 25.I ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had ran (b) had run (c) has run (d) have run
26. 26.You ___ a kite before Mum came home. (a) had flew (b) have flown (c) has flown (d) had flown
27. 27.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) had watched (c) have watched (d) had watch
28. 28.By the time the bell rang, my cousins ___ vegetables. (a) had bought (b) had buy (c) has bought (d) have bought
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, my friends ___ in the pool. (a) had swam (b) has swum (c) had swum (d) have swum
30. 30.I ___ Hindi before it got dark. (a) had spoke (b) had spoken (c) have spoken (d) has spoken
31. 31.Diya ___ rice before it got dark. (a) have cooked (b) had cooked (c) has cooked (d) had cook
32. 32.By the time we reached, my sister ___ a sandcastle. (a) have built (b) had build (c) has built (d) had built
33. 33.You ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) had planted (b) had plant (c) have planted (d) has planted
34. 34.We ___ a sandcastle before it got dark. (a) have built (b) has built (c) had built (d) had build
35. 35.Meera ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) has drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drunk (d) had drank
36. 36.He ___ a cake before the bell rang. (a) have baked (b) had baked (c) had bake (d) has baked
37. 37.Isha ___ a picture before the guests arrived. (a) had drawn (b) has drawn (c) had drew (d) have drawn
38. 38.By the time Mum came home, they ___ the bag. (a) has carried (b) have carried (c) had carry (d) had carried
39. 39.My brother ___ a picture before it got dark. (a) has drawn (b) had drawn (c) had drew (d) have drawn
40. 40.Kabir ___ tea before it got dark. (a) had make (b) had made (c) has made (d) have made

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