Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 823 · 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.He ___ in the pool before the bell rang. (a) has swum (b) had swum (c) have swum (d) had swam
2. 2.By the time Mum came home, you ___ the bag. (a) have carried (b) had carry (c) had carried (d) has carried
3. 3.When Dad called, he ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) have (c) has
4. 4.When Dad called, he ___ already planted a tree. (a) has (b) had (c) have
5. 5.Yash ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) has thrown (b) had threw (c) have thrown (d) had thrown
6. 6.I ___ milk before the guests arrived. (a) had drank (b) have drunk (c) has drunk (d) had drunk
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ a mango. (a) have eaten (b) has eaten (c) had eaten (d) had ate
8. 8.My parents ___ the room before it got dark. (a) has cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) had clean (d) have cleaned
9. 9.By the time the guests arrived, Farhan ___ vegetables. (a) had buy (b) have bought (c) had bought (d) has bought
10. 10.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) has watched
11. 11.My cousins ___ the bag before the guests arrived. (a) has carried (b) have carried (c) had carry (d) had carried
12. 12.By the time the guests arrived, the children ___ in the pool. (a) had swam (b) had swum (c) has swum (d) have swum
13. 13.By the time the bell rang, they ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) have caught (c) had caught (d) has caught
14. 14.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ tea. (a) has made (b) had made (c) have made (d) had make
15. 15.My cousins ___ a cap before Mum came home. (a) had worn (b) had wore (c) has worn (d) have worn
16. 16.Meera ___ the bag before Mum came home. (a) had carried (b) have carried (c) had carry (d) has carried
17. 17.When Dad called, he ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) have (c) had
18. 18.Nisha ___ science before Mum came home. (a) had studied (b) have studied (c) has studied (d) had study
19. 19.When Dad called, she ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
20. 20.When Dad called, Arjun ___ already danced on the stage. (a) had (b) has (c) have
21. 21.Dev ___ on the stage before the bell rang. (a) have danced (b) has danced (c) had dance (d) had danced
22. 22.Saanvi ___ the train before it got dark. (a) have taken (b) has taken (c) had took (d) had taken
23. 23.By the time the guests arrived, Vivaan ___ a story. (a) has told (b) had told (c) have told (d) had tell
24. 24.By the time Mum came home, I ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) have sung (c) had sung (d) had sang
25. 25.By the time the guests arrived, my cousins ___ in the pool. (a) have swum (b) had swum (c) has swum (d) had swam
26. 26.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ vegetables. (a) had bought (b) has bought (c) had buy (d) have bought
27. 27.By the time we reached, he ___ the dishes. (a) had washed (b) has washed (c) have washed (d) had wash
28. 28.You ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) have climbed (b) has climbed (c) had climb (d) had climbed
29. 29.When Dad called, my friends ___ already washed the dishes. (a) have (b) has (c) had
30. 30.By the time Mum came home, he ___ the dog. (a) had fed (b) have fed (c) has fed (d) had feed
31. 31.By the time Mum came home, he ___ lunch. (a) have brought (b) had bring (c) has brought (d) had brought
32. 32.Kabir ___ a letter before Mum came home. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) had written (d) has written
33. 33.By the time we reached, Isha ___ on the stage. (a) has danced (b) had dance (c) had danced (d) have danced
34. 34.By the time the bell rang, I ___ the ball. (a) had threw (b) have thrown (c) has thrown (d) had thrown
35. 35.When Dad called, Kavya ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
36. 36.When Dad called, we ___ already washed the dishes. (a) have (b) has (c) had
37. 37.You ___ milk before it got dark. (a) has drunk (b) had drank (c) have drunk (d) had drunk
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, I ___ the ball. (a) had caught (b) has caught (c) have caught (d) had catch
39. 39.When Dad called, they ___ already thrown the ball. (a) had (b) has (c) have
40. 40.By the time Mum came home, Sneha ___ the bag. (a) has carried (b) had carry (c) have carried (d) had carried

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