Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 79 · 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, she ___ already brought lunch. (a) have (b) had (c) has
2. 2.We ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) has drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drank (d) had drunk
3. 3.When Dad called, my parents ___ already studied science. (a) have (b) has (c) had
4. 4.When Dad called, we ___ already jogged in the park. (a) had (b) has (c) have
5. 5.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a sandcastle. (a) had build (b) have built (c) had built (d) has built
6. 6.When Dad called, they ___ already danced on the stage. (a) had (b) has (c) have
7. 7.My friends ___ a sandcastle before the guests arrived. (a) had built (b) has built (c) had build (d) have built
8. 8.They ___ a picture before the guests arrived. (a) had drew (b) had drawn (c) have drawn (d) has drawn
9. 9.By the time the bell rang, I ___ for the team. (a) had clapped (b) have clapped (c) has clapped (d) had clap
10. 10.When Dad called, Kavya ___ already made tea. (a) had (b) have (c) has
11. 11.By the time Mum came home, I ___ rice. (a) have cooked (b) had cook (c) had cooked (d) has cooked
12. 12.By the time we reached, Kabir ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) has written (d) had written
13. 13.By the time the bell rang, she ___ in the pool. (a) has swum (b) have swum (c) had swum (d) had swam
14. 14.He ___ a picture before the bell rang. (a) have drawn (b) had drawn (c) had drew (d) has drawn
15. 15.When Dad called, you ___ already climbed a tree. (a) has (b) have (c) had
16. 16.We ___ for the team before Mum came home. (a) have clapped (b) had clap (c) has clapped (d) had clapped
17. 17.When Dad called, I ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) had (c) have
18. 18.By the time we reached, Nisha ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) had threw (c) had thrown (d) have thrown
19. 19.I ___ in the pool before it got dark. (a) have swum (b) has swum (c) had swum (d) had swam
20. 20.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already gone to school. (a) had (b) has (c) have
21. 21.By the time we reached, they ___ in the pool. (a) have swum (b) has swum (c) had swam (d) had swum
22. 22.When Dad called, Karan ___ already thrown the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
23. 23.Omkar ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) had made (b) have made (c) had make (d) has made
24. 24.When Dad called, my friends ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) have (c) had
25. 25.When Dad called, you ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) have (c) has
26. 26.By the time Mum came home, he ___ the match. (a) has won (b) had win (c) had won (d) have won
27. 27.Rohan ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) had catch (b) had caught (c) has caught (d) have caught
28. 28.We ___ a kite before the guests arrived. (a) has flown (b) have flown (c) had flew (d) had flown
29. 29.Kabir ___ a cartoon before the bell rang. (a) has watched (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) had watch
30. 30.He ___ a cartoon before it got dark. (a) had watch (b) has watched (c) had watched (d) have watched
31. 31.I ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) had thrown (b) has thrown (c) have thrown (d) had threw
32. 32.By the time the bell rang, I ___ in the pool. (a) had swum (b) had swam (c) have swum (d) has swum
33. 33.She ___ a message before Mum came home. (a) had send (b) have sent (c) has sent (d) had sent
34. 34.I ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) has jogged (b) had jogged (c) have jogged (d) had jog
35. 35.By the time Mum came home, they ___ cricket. (a) have played (b) had played (c) had play (d) has played
36. 36.By the time the bell rang, you ___ tea. (a) has made (b) had make (c) have made (d) had made
37. 37.By the time we reached, my sister ___ to school. (a) had gone (b) has gone (c) had went (d) have gone
38. 38.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already studied science. (a) have (b) had (c) has
39. 39.I ___ Grandma before the guests arrived. (a) has helped (b) have helped (c) had help (d) had helped
40. 40.By the time Mum came home, she ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) has written (d) had written

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