Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 892 · 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.Meera ___ lunch before the bell rang. (a) has brought (b) have brought (c) had brought (d) had bring
2. 2.When Dad called, my brother ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
3. 3.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ a kite. (a) had flew (b) had flown (c) have flown (d) has flown
4. 4.Arjun ___ rice before the guests arrived. (a) have cooked (b) has cooked (c) had cook (d) had cooked
5. 5.We ___ a story before the guests arrived. (a) has told (b) had told (c) have told (d) had tell
6. 6.We ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) have planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) has planted
7. 7.My brother ___ a letter before Mum came home. (a) has written (b) have written (c) had wrote (d) had written
8. 8.You ___ Grandma before the bell rang. (a) has helped (b) had help (c) have helped (d) had helped
9. 9.When Dad called, Farhan ___ already helped Grandma. (a) had (b) have (c) has
10. 10.When Dad called, she ___ already helped Grandma. (a) has (b) had (c) have
11. 11.He ___ a story before the guests arrived. (a) has told (b) had told (c) have told (d) had tell
12. 12.He ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) had study (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) had studied
13. 13.When Dad called, you ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) had (c) has
14. 14.I ___ a cake before the bell rang. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
15. 15.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ the dishes. (a) have washed (b) had wash (c) had washed (d) has washed
16. 16.Vivaan ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) have baked (b) has baked (c) had bake (d) had baked
17. 17.When Dad called, my brother ___ already caught the ball. (a) had (b) have (c) has
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, Zoya ___ the train. (a) has taken (b) had took (c) had taken (d) have taken
19. 19.You ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) had cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) had clean
20. 20.My brother ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) had ran (b) has run (c) have run (d) had run
21. 21.By the time we reached, I ___ vegetables. (a) have bought (b) has bought (c) had buy (d) had bought
22. 22.He ___ a cartoon before the bell rang. (a) have watched (b) has watched (c) had watch (d) had watched
23. 23.My brother ___ a letter before it got dark. (a) has written (b) had written (c) have written (d) had wrote
24. 24.My brother ___ a mango before the guests arrived. (a) have eaten (b) had eaten (c) has eaten (d) had ate
25. 25.They ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) had jog (b) have jogged (c) has jogged (d) had jogged
26. 26.By the time we reached, he ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) had caught (c) have caught (d) has caught
27. 27.My friends ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) have danced (b) had danced (c) had dance (d) has danced
28. 28.By the time we reached, you ___ science. (a) had study (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) had studied
29. 29.When Dad called, we ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) have (c) had
30. 30.When Dad called, Omkar ___ already made tea. (a) has (b) had (c) have
31. 31.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a picture. (a) had drawn (b) has drawn (c) had drew (d) have drawn
32. 32.When Dad called, we ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) have (c) had
33. 33.When Dad called, he ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) had (c) has
34. 34.We ___ on the stage before it got dark. (a) had dance (b) had danced (c) has danced (d) have danced
35. 35.He ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) had threw (b) have thrown (c) had thrown (d) has thrown
36. 36.By the time we reached, he ___ the bag. (a) had carry (b) had carried (c) has carried (d) have carried
37. 37.By the time the bell rang, the children ___ the ball. (a) had thrown (b) have thrown (c) had threw (d) has thrown
38. 38.My sister ___ vegetables before the guests arrived. (a) had bought (b) have bought (c) has bought (d) had buy
39. 39.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a picture. (a) has drawn (b) had drew (c) had drawn (d) have drawn
40. 40.When Dad called, we ___ already drunk milk. (a) has (b) have (c) had

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