Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 846 · 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.We ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) has jogged (b) have jogged (c) had jog (d) had jogged
2. 2.When Dad called, I ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) have (c) had
3. 3.By the time Mum came home, we ___ the dishes. (a) had wash (b) had washed (c) have washed (d) has washed
4. 4.They ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) had climb (b) had climbed (c) has climbed (d) have climbed
5. 5.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) have sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
6. 6.When Dad called, Aditya ___ already fed the dog. (a) have (b) has (c) had
7. 7.You ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) had climb (b) had climbed (c) have climbed (d) has climbed
8. 8.When Dad called, the children ___ already run in the park. (a) had (b) have (c) has
9. 9.When Dad called, she ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) had (c) have
10. 10.When Dad called, you ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) have (c) had
11. 11.When Dad called, he ___ already written a letter. (a) had (b) has (c) have
12. 12.When Dad called, I ___ already run in the park. (a) had (b) have (c) has
13. 13.You ___ rice before it got dark. (a) have cooked (b) has cooked (c) had cooked (d) had cook
14. 14.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already planted a tree. (a) have (b) has (c) had
15. 15.He ___ to school before Mum came home. (a) had gone (b) have gone (c) has gone (d) had went
16. 16.By the time Mum came home, we ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) have played (c) has played (d) had play
17. 17.I ___ science before the bell rang. (a) had studied (b) have studied (c) has studied (d) had study
18. 18.When Dad called, you ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
19. 19.She ___ a bicycle before the guests arrived. (a) has ridden (b) have ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode
20. 20.You ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) have sung (b) had sang (c) had sung (d) has sung
21. 21.He ___ rice before the bell rang. (a) has cooked (b) had cooked (c) have cooked (d) had cook
22. 22.You ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
23. 23.By the time the guests arrived, Neel ___ the match. (a) have won (b) had won (c) had win (d) has won
24. 24.By the time we reached, he ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) have jogged (c) had jogged (d) has jogged
25. 25.She ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) had bake (b) had baked (c) have baked (d) has baked
26. 26.When Dad called, Zoya ___ already flown a kite. (a) has (b) had (c) have
27. 27.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a cartoon. (a) had watched (b) had watch (c) have watched (d) has watched
28. 28.By the time we reached, I ___ a kite. (a) have flown (b) has flown (c) had flown (d) had flew
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, he ___ milk. (a) has drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drank (d) had drunk
30. 30.When Dad called, my friends ___ already sung a song. (a) has (b) had (c) have
31. 31.When Dad called, my brother ___ already planted a tree. (a) had (b) has (c) have
32. 32.My brother ___ the dog before the bell rang. (a) has fed (b) have fed (c) had feed (d) had fed
33. 33.By the time we reached, you ___ the room. (a) has cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) had clean
34. 34.When Dad called, they ___ already sung a song. (a) have (b) had (c) has
35. 35.My brother ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) had climb (b) had climbed (c) has climbed (d) have climbed
36. 36.He ___ a sandcastle before Mum came home. (a) have built (b) had built (c) had build (d) has built
37. 37.When Dad called, Yash ___ already clapped for the team. (a) have (b) had (c) has
38. 38.The students ___ the room before it got dark. (a) has cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
39. 39.When Dad called, Ishaan ___ already taken the train. (a) has (b) had (c) have
40. 40.By the time we reached, Ira ___ the dishes. (a) had washed (b) have washed (c) had wash (d) has washed

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