Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 897 · 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.By the time Mum came home, Ananya ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) has baked
2. 2.By the time Mum came home, he ___ tea. (a) have made (b) has made (c) had make (d) had made
3. 3.By the time Mum came home, she ___ science. (a) has studied (b) had studied (c) had study (d) have studied
4. 4.By the time the guests arrived, my sister ___ a story. (a) had told (b) have told (c) had tell (d) has told
5. 5.Arjun ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) has written (b) had written (c) had wrote (d) have written
6. 6.When Dad called, the students ___ already clapped for the team. (a) has (b) have (c) had
7. 7.When Dad called, you ___ already washed the dishes. (a) have (b) had (c) has
8. 8.She ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) has taken (b) had took (c) have taken (d) had taken
9. 9.By the time the bell rang, Rohan ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) had baked (c) had bake (d) have baked
10. 10.Priya ___ science before Mum came home. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) had study (d) has studied
11. 11.When Dad called, Isha ___ already eaten a mango. (a) have (b) had (c) has
12. 12.By the time we reached, she ___ the ball. (a) had threw (b) have thrown (c) has thrown (d) had thrown
13. 13.She ___ to school before Mum came home. (a) has gone (b) had gone (c) had went (d) have gone
14. 14.When Dad called, my brother ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) had (c) have
15. 15.We ___ a cake before it got dark. (a) have baked (b) had bake (c) has baked (d) had baked
16. 16.By the time Mum came home, Tara ___ a tree. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
17. 17.I ___ rice before the guests arrived. (a) had cooked (b) has cooked (c) have cooked (d) had cook
18. 18.You ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) has played (b) had play (c) have played (d) had played
19. 19.They ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) had played (b) have played (c) has played (d) had play
20. 20.The children ___ a cap before it got dark. (a) had wore (b) had worn (c) has worn (d) have worn
21. 21.My sister ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) has jogged (b) had jog (c) had jogged (d) have jogged
22. 22.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sung (c) had sang (d) have sung
23. 23.When Dad called, I ___ already worn a cap. (a) had (b) has (c) have
24. 24.When Dad called, she ___ already cooked rice. (a) have (b) has (c) had
25. 25.When Dad called, she ___ already told a story. (a) has (b) have (c) had
26. 26.They ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) had ridden (b) had rode (c) has ridden (d) have ridden
27. 27.They ___ a picture before the guests arrived. (a) have drawn (b) has drawn (c) had drawn (d) had drew
28. 28.By the time we reached, my brother ___ the match. (a) had win (b) has won (c) have won (d) had won
29. 29.When Dad called, my sister ___ already climbed a tree. (a) had (b) has (c) have
30. 30.When Dad called, they ___ already carried the bag. (a) has (b) have (c) had
31. 31.They ___ a cap before Mum came home. (a) has worn (b) had worn (c) had wore (d) have worn
32. 32.You ___ a kite before the guests arrived. (a) had flown (b) had flew (c) has flown (d) have flown
33. 33.I ___ Hindi before it got dark. (a) had spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoke (d) has spoken
34. 34.She ___ a picture before the bell rang. (a) has drawn (b) had drew (c) have drawn (d) had drawn
35. 35.My sister ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) has sung (b) had sang (c) have sung (d) had sung
36. 36.When Dad called, I ___ already made tea. (a) have (b) has (c) had
37. 37.By the time we reached, I ___ the train. (a) have taken (b) had taken (c) has taken (d) had took
38. 38.When Dad called, we ___ already told a story. (a) had (b) have (c) has
39. 39.She ___ a cartoon before the bell rang. (a) have watched (b) has watched (c) had watch (d) had watched
40. 40.Neel ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) have run (b) had ran (c) has run (d) had run

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