Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 829 · 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 we reached, Pooja ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) had bake (c) have baked (d) has baked
2. 2.Farhan ___ science before Mum came home. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) had studied (d) have studied
3. 3.Pooja ___ a bicycle before it got dark. (a) had rode (b) has ridden (c) had ridden (d) have ridden
4. 4.When Dad called, you ___ already made tea. (a) had (b) have (c) has
5. 5.When Dad called, you ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) have (c) had
6. 6.By the time we reached, we ___ in the park. (a) had jogged (b) have jogged (c) has jogged (d) had jog
7. 7.We ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had buy (d) had bought
8. 8.I ___ to school before it got dark. (a) has gone (b) had gone (c) have gone (d) had went
9. 9.You ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) had bake (b) had baked (c) have baked (d) has baked
10. 10.By the time we reached, I ___ a picture. (a) has drawn (b) had drew (c) had drawn (d) have drawn
11. 11.By the time the bell rang, Ishaan ___ a message. (a) have sent (b) had send (c) had sent (d) has sent
12. 12.My parents ___ cricket before the bell rang. (a) had played (b) have played (c) had play (d) has played
13. 13.By the time Mum came home, I ___ cricket. (a) has played (b) have played (c) had play (d) had played
14. 14.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ in the park. (a) has run (b) have run (c) had ran (d) had run
15. 15.When Dad called, Yash ___ already drawn a picture. (a) had (b) have (c) has
16. 16.My parents ___ a story before it got dark. (a) have told (b) had told (c) had tell (d) has told
17. 17.He ___ a story before it got dark. (a) had told (b) has told (c) have told (d) had tell
18. 18.When Dad called, he ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) have (c) has
19. 19.He ___ the match before it got dark. (a) have won (b) has won (c) had won (d) had win
20. 20.You ___ on the stage before the guests arrived. (a) had danced (b) had dance (c) has danced (d) have danced
21. 21.When Dad called, they ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) had (c) have
22. 22.By the time the guests arrived, my parents ___ a picture. (a) had drawn (b) have drawn (c) has drawn (d) had drew
23. 23.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ the dishes. (a) had wash (b) have washed (c) has washed (d) had washed
24. 24.When Dad called, you ___ already gone to school. (a) had (b) has (c) have
25. 25.They ___ a cake before it got dark. (a) have baked (b) had baked (c) has baked (d) had bake
26. 26.When Dad called, they ___ already cleaned the room. (a) have (b) had (c) has
27. 27.You ___ lunch before the bell rang. (a) has brought (b) had bring (c) have brought (d) had brought
28. 28.We ___ the bag before Mum came home. (a) had carried (b) had carry (c) has carried (d) have carried
29. 29.When Dad called, I ___ already cooked rice. (a) had (b) have (c) has
30. 30.By the time we reached, the children ___ the train. (a) had taken (b) has taken (c) have taken (d) had took
31. 31.She ___ cricket before the guests arrived. (a) has played (b) have played (c) had play (d) had played
32. 32.By the time the bell rang, you ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) had play (c) have played (d) has played
33. 33.When Dad called, Kunal ___ already thrown the ball. (a) have (b) has (c) had
34. 34.They ___ a bicycle before the guests arrived. (a) have ridden (b) had ridden (c) had rode (d) has ridden
35. 35.I ___ a letter before it got dark. (a) have written (b) had wrote (c) had written (d) has written
36. 36.They ___ a kite before Mum came home. (a) had flown (b) has flown (c) have flown (d) had flew
37. 37.When Dad called, I ___ already thrown the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
38. 38.They ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) had played (b) has played (c) had play (d) have played
39. 39.We ___ science before it got dark. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) had study
40. 40.Kavya ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) had ran (b) had run (c) have run (d) has run

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