Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 918 · 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 the guests arrived, she ___ a cartoon. (a) have watched (b) has watched (c) had watch (d) had watched
2. 2.The children ___ a message before the bell rang. (a) have sent (b) has sent (c) had send (d) had sent
3. 3.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a sandcastle. (a) had built (b) had build (c) has built (d) have built
4. 4.When Dad called, my sister ___ already cleaned the room. (a) had (b) have (c) has
5. 5.You ___ a message before it got dark. (a) have sent (b) had send (c) has sent (d) had sent
6. 6.Diya ___ cricket before the guests arrived. (a) have played (b) had played (c) has played (d) had play
7. 7.Isha ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) have sung (b) has sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
8. 8.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a bicycle. (a) has ridden (b) have ridden (c) had rode (d) had ridden
9. 9.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) have baked (c) has baked (d) had baked
10. 10.My brother ___ a mango before it got dark. (a) has eaten (b) had eaten (c) have eaten (d) had ate
11. 11.They ___ a kite before Mum came home. (a) had flown (b) had flew (c) has flown (d) have flown
12. 12.We ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) have played (b) has played (c) had play (d) had played
13. 13.By the time we reached, they ___ a picture. (a) had drew (b) has drawn (c) had drawn (d) have drawn
14. 14.When Dad called, you ___ already played cricket. (a) had (b) has (c) have
15. 15.When Dad called, you ___ already jogged in the park. (a) had (b) has (c) have
16. 16.I ___ the dog before it got dark. (a) has fed (b) had feed (c) had fed (d) have fed
17. 17.I ___ a cartoon before it got dark. (a) have watched (b) had watched (c) has watched (d) had watch
18. 18.Vivaan ___ a story before the bell rang. (a) has told (b) had tell (c) had told (d) have told
19. 19.By the time we reached, I ___ the dog. (a) had fed (b) have fed (c) has fed (d) had feed
20. 20.My brother ___ a song before it got dark. (a) had sung (b) have sung (c) has sung (d) had sang
21. 21.When Dad called, you ___ already brought lunch. (a) have (b) has (c) had
22. 22.You ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) had won (b) had win (c) has won (d) have won
23. 23.My brother ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) has climbed (d) had climbed
24. 24.When Dad called, she ___ already drunk milk. (a) had (b) has (c) have
25. 25.We ___ a sandcastle before Mum came home. (a) had build (b) had built (c) have built (d) has built
26. 26.By the time the bell rang, Aisha ___ vegetables. (a) has bought (b) had bought (c) have bought (d) had buy
27. 27.I ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) have watched (b) had watch (c) had watched (d) has watched
28. 28.When Dad called, they ___ already caught the ball. (a) have (b) has (c) had
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, Omkar ___ on the stage. (a) had dance (b) had danced (c) has danced (d) have danced
30. 30.When Dad called, my parents ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) have (c) had
31. 31.My brother ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) had run (b) have run (c) had ran (d) has run
32. 32.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a story. (a) have told (b) had told (c) has told (d) had tell
33. 33.My friends ___ a message before the bell rang. (a) had send (b) has sent (c) had sent (d) have sent
34. 34.When Dad called, they ___ already jogged in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
35. 35.You ___ in the pool before the bell rang. (a) has swum (b) had swum (c) had swam (d) have swum
36. 36.She ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) has told (b) have told (c) had told (d) had tell
37. 37.When Dad called, I ___ already played cricket. (a) have (b) has (c) had
38. 38.When Dad called, he ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) had (b) have (c) has
39. 39.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ lunch. (a) have brought (b) had brought (c) had bring (d) has brought
40. 40.We ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) have spoken (b) had spoke (c) has spoken (d) had spoken

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