Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 861 · 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.When Dad called, they ___ already baked a cake. (a) have (b) has (c) had
2. 2.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ lunch. (a) have brought (b) has brought (c) had bring (d) had brought
3. 3.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a cap. (a) had wore (b) have worn (c) has worn (d) had worn
4. 4.By the time Mum came home, my cousins ___ on the stage. (a) has danced (b) have danced (c) had dance (d) had danced
5. 5.My friends ___ tea before it got dark. (a) has made (b) had made (c) have made (d) had make
6. 6.I ___ a story before it got dark. (a) have told (b) has told (c) had tell (d) had told
7. 7.Meera ___ for the team before it got dark. (a) had clap (b) has clapped (c) have clapped (d) had clapped
8. 8.By the time Mum came home, you ___ science. (a) had studied (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) had study
9. 9.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ lunch. (a) have brought (b) had bring (c) has brought (d) had brought
10. 10.When Dad called, she ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) have (c) had
11. 11.By the time we reached, my sister ___ for the team. (a) has clapped (b) have clapped (c) had clap (d) had clapped
12. 12.By the time the bell rang, my friends ___ a sandcastle. (a) has built (b) have built (c) had build (d) had built
13. 13.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ to school. (a) has gone (b) had went (c) have gone (d) had gone
14. 14.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a kite. (a) had flew (b) have flown (c) had flown (d) has flown
15. 15.When Dad called, he ___ already taken the train. (a) has (b) have (c) had
16. 16.By the time Mum came home, Riya ___ Hindi. (a) have spoken (b) has spoken (c) had spoke (d) had spoken
17. 17.By the time Mum came home, my cousins ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) had watched (c) has watched (d) have watched
18. 18.By the time we reached, the children ___ in the park. (a) had ran (b) has run (c) have run (d) had run
19. 19.He ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) have taken (b) had taken (c) has taken (d) had took
20. 20.When Dad called, my sister ___ already told a story. (a) has (b) had (c) have
21. 21.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ a kite. (a) have flown (b) has flown (c) had flown (d) had flew
22. 22.When Dad called, you ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) had (c) have
23. 23.When Dad called, she ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
24. 24.By the time Mum came home, the children ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) had jogged (c) has jogged (d) have jogged
25. 25.When Dad called, we ___ already thrown the ball. (a) had (b) have (c) has
26. 26.I ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) had plant (b) has planted (c) had planted (d) have planted
27. 27.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a tree. (a) had climb (b) had climbed (c) have climbed (d) has climbed
28. 28.I ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) have jogged (b) had jogged (c) had jog (d) has jogged
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ a tree. (a) had climbed (b) had climb (c) has climbed (d) have climbed
30. 30.When Dad called, she ___ already studied science. (a) have (b) had (c) has
31. 31.My sister ___ the bag before the guests arrived. (a) had carried (b) have carried (c) has carried (d) had carry
32. 32.By the time we reached, she ___ on the stage. (a) has danced (b) had dance (c) had danced (d) have danced
33. 33.I ___ the bag before the guests arrived. (a) has carried (b) had carry (c) have carried (d) had carried
34. 34.When Dad called, she ___ already caught the ball. (a) has (b) had (c) have
35. 35.He ___ the bag before the guests arrived. (a) has carried (b) had carry (c) had carried (d) have carried
36. 36.He ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) had make (b) has made (c) had made (d) have made
37. 37.You ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) had ridden (b) have ridden (c) has ridden (d) had rode
38. 38.You ___ a cap before Mum came home. (a) has worn (b) have worn (c) had wore (d) had worn
39. 39.When Dad called, they ___ already drunk milk. (a) have (b) had (c) has
40. 40.We ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) have climbed (b) has climbed (c) had climbed (d) had climb

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