Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 884 · 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.I ___ the room before it got dark. (a) has cleaned (b) had clean (c) have cleaned (d) had cleaned
2. 2.By the time we reached, I ___ Hindi. (a) has spoken (b) had spoke (c) had spoken (d) have spoken
3. 3.I ___ milk before it got dark. (a) had drank (b) had drunk (c) have drunk (d) has drunk
4. 4.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) had sung (c) had sang (d) has sung
5. 5.By the time the bell rang, I ___ rice. (a) have cooked (b) had cooked (c) had cook (d) has cooked
6. 6.When Dad called, Saanvi ___ already thrown the ball. (a) have (b) had (c) has
7. 7.He ___ in the pool before Mum came home. (a) has swum (b) have swum (c) had swum (d) had swam
8. 8.I ___ in the pool before the guests arrived. (a) had swam (b) have swum (c) had swum (d) has swum
9. 9.When Dad called, my sister ___ already played cricket. (a) had (b) has (c) have
10. 10.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a cartoon. (a) had watched (b) have watched (c) has watched (d) had watch
11. 11.When Dad called, Kabir ___ already won the match. (a) has (b) had (c) have
12. 12.I ___ vegetables before it got dark. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had buy (d) had bought
13. 13.My sister ___ a cake before it got dark. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
14. 14.You ___ a mango before the bell rang. (a) has eaten (b) have eaten (c) had ate (d) had eaten
15. 15.By the time we reached, Karan ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) have caught (c) has caught (d) had caught
16. 16.We ___ a picture before the guests arrived. (a) has drawn (b) had drew (c) have drawn (d) had drawn
17. 17.By the time we reached, they ___ a mango. (a) has eaten (b) had eaten (c) had ate (d) have eaten
18. 18.By the time Mum came home, he ___ science. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had studied (d) had study
19. 19.When Dad called, Nisha ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) had (c) have
20. 20.We ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) had buy (b) has bought (c) have bought (d) had bought
21. 21.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ the ball. (a) had thrown (b) has thrown (c) had threw (d) have thrown
22. 22.He ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) have spoken (b) had spoke (c) has spoken (d) had spoken
23. 23.I ___ Grandma before the guests arrived. (a) has helped (b) had help (c) had helped (d) have helped
24. 24.We ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) have played (b) had played (c) had play (d) has played
25. 25.When Dad called, I ___ already helped Grandma. (a) has (b) had (c) have
26. 26.She ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) had jogged (b) have jogged (c) has jogged (d) had jog
27. 27.When Dad called, I ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) have (c) had
28. 28.Ananya ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) have cleaned (b) had clean (c) has cleaned (d) had cleaned
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, he ___ tea. (a) have made (b) had make (c) has made (d) had made
30. 30.Dev ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) have played (b) had play (c) had played (d) has played
31. 31.Nisha ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) has watched (b) had watched (c) had watch (d) have watched
32. 32.By the time the bell rang, Ananya ___ a mango. (a) have eaten (b) had ate (c) had eaten (d) has eaten
33. 33.When Dad called, you ___ already cleaned the room. (a) have (b) had (c) has
34. 34.By the time the bell rang, Yash ___ a message. (a) has sent (b) had send (c) had sent (d) have sent
35. 35.My brother ___ the dog before the guests arrived. (a) had fed (b) have fed (c) had feed (d) has fed
36. 36.By the time the bell rang, my friends ___ a cap. (a) has worn (b) had worn (c) had wore (d) have worn
37. 37.By the time Mum came home, I ___ a story. (a) have told (b) had tell (c) had told (d) has told
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, Myra ___ lunch. (a) has brought (b) had bring (c) have brought (d) had brought
39. 39.They ___ Grandma before the bell rang. (a) had helped (b) have helped (c) had help (d) has helped
40. 40.By the time Mum came home, my cousins ___ rice. (a) had cooked (b) had cook (c) have cooked (d) has cooked

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