Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 904 · 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, you ___ already flown a kite. (a) has (b) had (c) have
2. 2.By the time we reached, they ___ rice. (a) have cooked (b) had cook (c) has cooked (d) had cooked
3. 3.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a song. (a) had sang (b) have sung (c) has sung (d) had sung
4. 4.When Dad called, my brother ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) has (c) had
5. 5.They ___ a story before it got dark. (a) had tell (b) have told (c) has told (d) had told
6. 6.We ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) has spoken (b) had spoken (c) had spoke (d) have spoken
7. 7.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a message. (a) had sent (b) have sent (c) had send (d) has sent
8. 8.He ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) had threw (b) have thrown (c) has thrown (d) had thrown
9. 9.By the time we reached, he ___ a kite. (a) have flown (b) had flew (c) has flown (d) had flown
10. 10.I ___ the dishes before the bell rang. (a) had wash (b) have washed (c) has washed (d) had washed
11. 11.She ___ a cake before it got dark. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had bake (d) had baked
12. 12.Omkar ___ for the team before it got dark. (a) has clapped (b) had clapped (c) have clapped (d) had clap
13. 13.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ science. (a) had studied (b) had study (c) has studied (d) have studied
14. 14.He ___ a kite before the bell rang. (a) had flown (b) had flew (c) has flown (d) have flown
15. 15.When Dad called, we ___ already run in the park. (a) have (b) had (c) has
16. 16.They ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) has thrown (b) had threw (c) have thrown (d) had thrown
17. 17.By the time Mum came home, you ___ lunch. (a) had brought (b) has brought (c) had bring (d) have brought
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, you ___ science. (a) had study (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) had studied
19. 19.We ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) has bought (b) had buy (c) had bought (d) have bought
20. 20.The children ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) have sent (b) had send (c) has sent (d) had sent
21. 21.He ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) have caught (b) has caught (c) had catch (d) had caught
22. 22.When Dad called, my parents ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) have (b) has (c) had
23. 23.By the time the bell rang, I ___ Grandma. (a) have helped (b) has helped (c) had help (d) had helped
24. 24.When Dad called, my brother ___ already drunk milk. (a) had (b) has (c) have
25. 25.They ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) have played (b) has played (c) had play (d) had played
26. 26.She ___ the dog before it got dark. (a) had feed (b) has fed (c) have fed (d) had fed
27. 27.By the time we reached, you ___ the dishes. (a) had wash (b) have washed (c) had washed (d) has washed
28. 28.She ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) had planted (b) have planted (c) has planted (d) had plant
29. 29.He ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) had sung (b) have sung (c) had sang (d) has sung
30. 30.My cousins ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) had jogged (b) has jogged (c) have jogged (d) had jog
31. 31.My sister ___ lunch before the bell rang. (a) has brought (b) had brought (c) had bring (d) have brought
32. 32.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ a letter. (a) has written (b) have written (c) had written (d) had wrote
33. 33.By the time the bell rang, they ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) has jogged (c) have jogged (d) had jogged
34. 34.I ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) have drunk (b) had drunk (c) had drank (d) has drunk
35. 35.By the time we reached, we ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) had watch
36. 36.They ___ for the team before Mum came home. (a) have clapped (b) has clapped (c) had clapped (d) had clap
37. 37.We ___ vegetables before it got dark. (a) have bought (b) had bought (c) had buy (d) has bought
38. 38.When Dad called, you ___ already drunk milk. (a) have (b) had (c) has
39. 39.We ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) had jog (b) had jogged (c) have jogged (d) has jogged
40. 40.She ___ a message before it got dark. (a) had send (b) have sent (c) had sent (d) has sent

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