Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 82 · 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.You ___ a kite before the bell rang. (a) had flew (b) had flown (c) has flown (d) have flown
2. 2.My brother ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) had play (b) have played (c) had played (d) has played
3. 3.He ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) have run (b) had run (c) has run (d) had ran
4. 4.When Dad called, you ___ already sung a song. (a) have (b) has (c) had
5. 5.By the time we reached, Rahul ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) has climbed (c) had climb (d) had climbed
6. 6.When Dad called, we ___ already drawn a picture. (a) has (b) have (c) had
7. 7.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) have watched (c) had watch (d) had watched
8. 8.When Dad called, you ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) had (c) have
9. 9.By the time Mum came home, she ___ a story. (a) had tell (b) have told (c) has told (d) had told
10. 10.When Dad called, he ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) have (c) had
11. 11.He ___ the dog before the guests arrived. (a) had feed (b) had fed (c) has fed (d) have fed
12. 12.When Dad called, they ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) had (c) have
13. 13.When Dad called, she ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) had (b) has (c) have
14. 14.When Dad called, she ___ already brought lunch. (a) had (b) have (c) has
15. 15.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) had (b) have (c) has
16. 16.By the time the bell rang, they ___ lunch. (a) had bring (b) have brought (c) had brought (d) has brought
17. 17.Farhan ___ for the team before Mum came home. (a) had clap (b) has clapped (c) had clapped (d) have clapped
18. 18.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ in the pool. (a) has swum (b) had swum (c) have swum (d) had swam
19. 19.When Dad called, my brother ___ already climbed a tree. (a) have (b) has (c) had
20. 20.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a sandcastle. (a) has built (b) had build (c) have built (d) had built
21. 21.By the time we reached, we ___ a kite. (a) have flown (b) had flew (c) has flown (d) had flown
22. 22.My cousins ___ a kite before the guests arrived. (a) had flew (b) have flown (c) has flown (d) had flown
23. 23.My parents ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) had drank (b) has drunk (c) have drunk (d) had drunk
24. 24.By the time we reached, you ___ the bag. (a) had carry (b) has carried (c) have carried (d) had carried
25. 25.We ___ cricket before the bell rang. (a) has played (b) had play (c) have played (d) had played
26. 26.When Dad called, the children ___ already made tea. (a) has (b) had (c) have
27. 27.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ science. (a) had studied (b) has studied (c) had study (d) have studied
28. 28.By the time we reached, you ___ the train. (a) have taken (b) had taken (c) has taken (d) had took
29. 29.He ___ a message before the bell rang. (a) had send (b) have sent (c) had sent (d) has sent
30. 30.When Dad called, my sister ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) had (b) have (c) has
31. 31.By the time the bell rang, Kunal ___ the dog. (a) has fed (b) have fed (c) had fed (d) had feed
32. 32.When Dad called, Myra ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) has (c) had
33. 33.My brother ___ lunch before Mum came home. (a) had bring (b) has brought (c) have brought (d) had brought
34. 34.By the time Mum came home, Tara ___ Hindi. (a) had spoken (b) had spoke (c) has spoken (d) have spoken
35. 35.I ___ lunch before Mum came home. (a) have brought (b) had brought (c) had bring (d) has brought
36. 36.When Dad called, he ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
37. 37.When Dad called, I ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) had (c) have
38. 38.When Dad called, Omkar ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) had (c) have
39. 39.When Dad called, Ishaan ___ already thrown the ball. (a) has (b) had (c) have
40. 40.They ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) has climbed (b) had climbed (c) had climb (d) have climbed

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