Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 891 · 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 bag before the bell rang. (a) have carried (b) had carried (c) had carry (d) has carried
2. 2.Dev ___ the room before the guests arrived. (a) have cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
3. 3.He ___ milk before the bell rang. (a) have drunk (b) had drank (c) had drunk (d) has drunk
4. 4.By the time Mum came home, she ___ in the park. (a) has jogged (b) had jog (c) had jogged (d) have jogged
5. 5.We ___ the dog before Mum came home. (a) had feed (b) have fed (c) has fed (d) had fed
6. 6.They ___ Hindi before the guests arrived. (a) have spoken (b) had spoken (c) has spoken (d) had spoke
7. 7.When Dad called, Isha ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) have (c) has
8. 8.When Dad called, we ___ already drawn a picture. (a) have (b) had (c) has
9. 9.My cousins ___ vegetables before the guests arrived. (a) has bought (b) had buy (c) have bought (d) had bought
10. 10.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ a kite. (a) has flown (b) have flown (c) had flew (d) had flown
11. 11.I ___ for the team before it got dark. (a) had clapped (b) have clapped (c) had clap (d) has clapped
12. 12.When Dad called, the children ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
13. 13.When Dad called, my brother ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) has (c) had
14. 14.By the time we reached, my friends ___ a story. (a) has told (b) had told (c) have told (d) had tell
15. 15.By the time we reached, he ___ milk. (a) had drunk (b) has drunk (c) have drunk (d) had drank
16. 16.By the time we reached, we ___ tea. (a) have made (b) has made (c) had make (d) had made
17. 17.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ the ball. (a) has caught (b) had catch (c) had caught (d) have caught
18. 18.We ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) had thrown (b) have thrown (c) has thrown (d) had threw
19. 19.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) has baked (c) have baked (d) had bake
20. 20.When Dad called, we ___ already swum in the pool. (a) had (b) has (c) have
21. 21.I ___ the dog before the bell rang. (a) had fed (b) had feed (c) have fed (d) has fed
22. 22.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ in the park. (a) has run (b) had run (c) had ran (d) have run
23. 23.When Dad called, my sister ___ already baked a cake. (a) had (b) have (c) has
24. 24.Riya ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) had buy (b) had bought (c) has bought (d) have bought
25. 25.He ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had study (d) had studied
26. 26.By the time we reached, you ___ in the park. (a) have jogged (b) has jogged (c) had jogged (d) had jog
27. 27.She ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) have baked (b) had baked (c) has baked (d) had bake
28. 28.By the time the bell rang, Arjun ___ a kite. (a) has flown (b) had flown (c) had flew (d) have flown
29. 29.By the time Mum came home, he ___ Hindi. (a) has spoken (b) had spoke (c) have spoken (d) had spoken
30. 30.When Dad called, my sister ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) have (c) had
31. 31.By the time Mum came home, he ___ rice. (a) had cook (b) has cooked (c) have cooked (d) had cooked
32. 32.By the time the guests arrived, my cousins ___ science. (a) had studied (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) had study
33. 33.They ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) have cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) had clean (d) has cleaned
34. 34.By the time the bell rang, she ___ the room. (a) had cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) had clean
35. 35.Aarav ___ a message before Mum came home. (a) had send (b) have sent (c) had sent (d) has sent
36. 36.I ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had jogged (b) had jog (c) have jogged (d) has jogged
37. 37.When Dad called, you ___ already carried the bag. (a) has (b) had (c) have
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, my brother ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) has played (c) had play (d) have played
39. 39.She ___ the dog before the bell rang. (a) have fed (b) had feed (c) had fed (d) has fed
40. 40.When Dad called, Aarav ___ already flown a kite. (a) had (b) has (c) have

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