Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 933 · 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, I ___ Grandma. (a) had helped (b) have helped (c) had help (d) has helped
2. 2.By the time Mum came home, I ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) had clean (c) had cleaned (d) has cleaned
3. 3.By the time the guests arrived, Meera ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) has jogged (c) had jogged (d) have jogged
4. 4.When Dad called, my sister ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) had (c) has
5. 5.She ___ a mango before it got dark. (a) have eaten (b) had ate (c) has eaten (d) had eaten
6. 6.They ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) had jogged (b) have jogged (c) had jog (d) has jogged
7. 7.When Dad called, I ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) have (c) had
8. 8.When Dad called, you ___ already sung a song. (a) had (b) has (c) have
9. 9.When Dad called, you ___ already told a story. (a) has (b) had (c) have
10. 10.When Dad called, Farhan ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) have (c) had
11. 11.When Dad called, my brother ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) had (b) has (c) have
12. 12.My parents ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) have jogged (b) has jogged (c) had jog (d) had jogged
13. 13.When Dad called, she ___ already danced on the stage. (a) had (b) have (c) has
14. 14.When Dad called, she ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) had (b) have (c) has
15. 15.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a picture. (a) has drawn (b) had drew (c) have drawn (d) had drawn
16. 16.When Dad called, we ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) had (c) have
17. 17.By the time Mum came home, we ___ on the stage. (a) have danced (b) had danced (c) has danced (d) had dance
18. 18.By the time we reached, we ___ a kite. (a) have flown (b) had flew (c) has flown (d) had flown
19. 19.They ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) has washed (b) had wash (c) have washed (d) had washed
20. 20.When Dad called, she ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) had (c) have
21. 21.Ananya ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) has washed (b) have washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
22. 22.When Dad called, you ___ already caught the ball. (a) have (b) had (c) has
23. 23.They ___ a sandcastle before the bell rang. (a) had built (b) had build (c) have built (d) has built
24. 24.By the time Mum came home, he ___ lunch. (a) has brought (b) had brought (c) have brought (d) had bring
25. 25.By the time Mum came home, they ___ Hindi. (a) had spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoke (d) has spoken
26. 26.You ___ science before Mum came home. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) had study (d) has studied
27. 27.When Dad called, you ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) had (c) have
28. 28.By the time we reached, my sister ___ in the park. (a) have run (b) has run (c) had ran (d) had run
29. 29.They ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) had wrote (b) had written (c) have written (d) has written
30. 30.When Dad called, you ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) have (c) had
31. 31.She ___ a bicycle before it got dark. (a) had ridden (b) have ridden (c) has ridden (d) had rode
32. 32.By the time the bell rang, I ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) has thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
33. 33.When Dad called, she ___ already sent a message. (a) has (b) had (c) have
34. 34.My brother ___ on the stage before the bell rang. (a) has danced (b) had danced (c) had dance (d) have danced
35. 35.By the time we reached, Kavya ___ the bag. (a) has carried (b) have carried (c) had carry (d) had carried
36. 36.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ science. (a) has studied (b) had studied (c) have studied (d) had study
37. 37.My friends ___ tea before the bell rang. (a) had make (b) have made (c) has made (d) had made
38. 38.My cousins ___ a sandcastle before the guests arrived. (a) had build (b) had built (c) has built (d) have built
39. 39.You ___ a story before it got dark. (a) has told (b) have told (c) had told (d) had tell
40. 40.Manav ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) has cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) had clean

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