Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 786 · 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, he ___ vegetables. (a) had buy (b) has bought (c) had bought (d) have bought
2. 2.I ___ a cake before it got dark. (a) have baked (b) had bake (c) has baked (d) had baked
3. 3.By the time the bell rang, I ___ vegetables. (a) had buy (b) have bought (c) had bought (d) has bought
4. 4.By the time Mum came home, we ___ the room. (a) has cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) had clean
5. 5.By the time Mum came home, she ___ vegetables. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had buy (d) had bought
6. 6.By the time we reached, the children ___ a story. (a) had told (b) has told (c) had tell (d) have told
7. 7.By the time Mum came home, my friends ___ the ball. (a) had caught (b) has caught (c) have caught (d) had catch
8. 8.When Dad called, Isha ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) had (c) have
9. 9.When Dad called, the students ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) has (c) have
10. 10.When Dad called, my brother ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) have (c) had
11. 11.When Dad called, we ___ already caught the ball. (a) have (b) has (c) had
12. 12.When Dad called, we ___ already drunk milk. (a) have (b) had (c) has
13. 13.They ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) have climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
14. 14.Aarav ___ Grandma before Mum came home. (a) had helped (b) had help (c) has helped (d) have helped
15. 15.You ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) have watched (b) had watched (c) has watched (d) had watch
16. 16.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had bake (d) had baked
17. 17.When Dad called, I ___ already drawn a picture. (a) has (b) had (c) have
18. 18.When Dad called, my brother ___ already planted a tree. (a) has (b) have (c) had
19. 19.By the time the guests arrived, Saanvi ___ a tree. (a) have planted (b) had plant (c) has planted (d) had planted
20. 20.When Dad called, she ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) have (c) had
21. 21.By the time Mum came home, I ___ tea. (a) have made (b) has made (c) had make (d) had made
22. 22.My sister ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) had drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drank (d) has drunk
23. 23.You ___ cricket before the guests arrived. (a) had played (b) have played (c) has played (d) had play
24. 24.By the time the guests arrived, Vivaan ___ cricket. (a) has played (b) had play (c) had played (d) have played
25. 25.When Dad called, she ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) have (c) has
26. 26.I ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) have eaten (b) has eaten (c) had ate (d) had eaten
27. 27.She ___ the room before it got dark. (a) has cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) had clean
28. 28.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a sandcastle. (a) had build (b) have built (c) had built (d) has built
29. 29.When Dad called, Ananya ___ already climbed a tree. (a) had (b) have (c) has
30. 30.I ___ the dishes before the guests arrived. (a) have washed (b) has washed (c) had washed (d) had wash
31. 31.He ___ rice before Mum came home. (a) has cooked (b) had cooked (c) had cook (d) have cooked
32. 32.I ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) had sang (b) had sung (c) have sung (d) has sung
33. 33.By the time the bell rang, he ___ in the park. (a) has jogged (b) have jogged (c) had jog (d) had jogged
34. 34.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ a tree. (a) had climbed (b) have climbed (c) has climbed (d) had climb
35. 35.They ___ the match before the bell rang. (a) have won (b) has won (c) had win (d) had won
36. 36.When Dad called, Rohan ___ already eaten a mango. (a) had (b) has (c) have
37. 37.She ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) had tell (b) have told (c) had told (d) has told
38. 38.By the time Mum came home, I ___ vegetables. (a) have bought (b) has bought (c) had buy (d) had bought
39. 39.When Dad called, Zoya ___ already drunk milk. (a) have (b) had (c) has
40. 40.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ milk. (a) has drunk (b) had drank (c) have drunk (d) had drunk

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