Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 838 · 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.Farhan ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) have baked (b) had baked (c) has baked (d) had bake
2. 2.By the time Mum came home, I ___ a mango. (a) has eaten (b) have eaten (c) had eaten (d) had ate
3. 3.My brother ___ the dog before Mum came home. (a) had feed (b) has fed (c) had fed (d) have fed
4. 4.When Dad called, I ___ already cleaned the room. (a) have (b) had (c) has
5. 5.By the time the bell rang, Myra ___ tea. (a) has made (b) have made (c) had made (d) had make
6. 6.They ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) has ridden (b) had ridden (c) had rode (d) have ridden
7. 7.He ___ a letter before Mum came home. (a) had written (b) has written (c) had wrote (d) have written
8. 8.You ___ in the pool before it got dark. (a) had swum (b) had swam (c) have swum (d) has swum
9. 9.I ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) had watched (b) have watched (c) has watched (d) had watch
10. 10.You ___ in the pool before the bell rang. (a) have swum (b) had swum (c) had swam (d) has swum
11. 11.When Dad called, she ___ already caught the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
12. 12.Kabir ___ science before Mum came home. (a) have studied (b) has studied (c) had study (d) had studied
13. 13.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) had climb (c) has climbed (d) had climbed
14. 14.He ___ Hindi before Mum came home. (a) has spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoken (d) had spoke
15. 15.My friends ___ Grandma before it got dark. (a) has helped (b) had help (c) had helped (d) have helped
16. 16.When Dad called, she ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) had (c) have
17. 17.When Dad called, they ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) had (c) has
18. 18.When Dad called, she ___ already cooked rice. (a) had (b) has (c) have
19. 19.He ___ in the pool before it got dark. (a) had swum (b) had swam (c) has swum (d) have swum
20. 20.I ___ a kite before it got dark. (a) has flown (b) have flown (c) had flew (d) had flown
21. 21.He ___ a kite before Mum came home. (a) have flown (b) had flew (c) has flown (d) had flown
22. 22.She ___ a cap before Mum came home. (a) has worn (b) have worn (c) had wore (d) had worn
23. 23.I ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) has written (b) had written (c) had wrote (d) have written
24. 24.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already played cricket. (a) had (b) has (c) have
25. 25.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a cartoon. (a) have watched (b) had watch (c) had watched (d) has watched
26. 26.My friends ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) have made (b) had make (c) had made (d) has made
27. 27.By the time the bell rang, the students ___ in the park. (a) had jogged (b) has jogged (c) have jogged (d) had jog
28. 28.She ___ Grandma before Mum came home. (a) has helped (b) had helped (c) have helped (d) had help
29. 29.I ___ a sandcastle before it got dark. (a) have built (b) has built (c) had build (d) had built
30. 30.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a song. (a) had sang (b) have sung (c) had sung (d) has sung
31. 31.When Dad called, I ___ already drawn a picture. (a) has (b) have (c) had
32. 32.By the time we reached, we ___ the match. (a) had win (b) has won (c) had won (d) have won
33. 33.Farhan ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) have won (b) had won (c) had win (d) has won
34. 34.By the time the guests arrived, Kunal ___ the match. (a) have won (b) has won (c) had won (d) had win
35. 35.When Dad called, the students ___ already taken the train. (a) has (b) had (c) have
36. 36.The children ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) has climbed (b) have climbed (c) had climb (d) had climbed
37. 37.We ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) had jogged (b) has jogged (c) had jog (d) have jogged
38. 38.When Dad called, he ___ already told a story. (a) has (b) had (c) have
39. 39.When Dad called, he ___ already won the match. (a) had (b) have (c) has
40. 40.The children ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) have baked (b) has baked (c) had bake (d) had baked

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