Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 940 · 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 ___ lunch. (a) had brought (b) had bring (c) have brought (d) has brought
2. 2.Kavya ___ the match before Mum came home. (a) had win (b) had won (c) has won (d) have won
3. 3.They ___ for the team before Mum came home. (a) had clapped (b) has clapped (c) have clapped (d) had clap
4. 4.When Dad called, she ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) has (b) have (c) had
5. 5.He ___ a cap before Mum came home. (a) had wore (b) has worn (c) had worn (d) have worn
6. 6.We ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) has washed (b) had wash (c) had washed (d) have washed
7. 7.Aarav ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) had cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had clean (d) have cleaned
8. 8.By the time Mum came home, Dev ___ rice. (a) had cook (b) had cooked (c) have cooked (d) has cooked
9. 9.When Dad called, he ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) have (c) has
10. 10.Manav ___ a story before the bell rang. (a) has told (b) had told (c) had tell (d) have told
11. 11.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ milk. (a) has drunk (b) had drank (c) had drunk (d) have drunk
12. 12.He ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) have cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) had clean
13. 13.By the time Mum came home, she ___ the bag. (a) has carried (b) have carried (c) had carried (d) had carry
14. 14.When Dad called, my sister ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
15. 15.By the time we reached, I ___ a tree. (a) has climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) have climbed
16. 16.The children ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had ran (b) have run (c) had run (d) has run
17. 17.She ___ a sandcastle before the guests arrived. (a) have built (b) had build (c) has built (d) had built
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, Myra ___ the ball. (a) had thrown (b) had threw (c) have thrown (d) has thrown
19. 19.When Dad called, I ___ already climbed a tree. (a) have (b) has (c) had
20. 20.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ in the park. (a) has run (b) have run (c) had ran (d) had run
21. 21.He ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) had clean (b) has cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) had cleaned
22. 22.You ___ Hindi before it got dark. (a) have spoken (b) had spoken (c) had spoke (d) has spoken
23. 23.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ a mango. (a) has eaten (b) have eaten (c) had ate (d) had eaten
24. 24.They ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) had spoken (b) have spoken (c) has spoken (d) had spoke
25. 25.When Dad called, he ___ already drawn a picture. (a) had (b) has (c) have
26. 26.By the time the bell rang, we ___ the bag. (a) had carried (b) have carried (c) had carry (d) has carried
27. 27.By the time the guests arrived, my cousins ___ in the park. (a) had jogged (b) has jogged (c) had jog (d) have jogged
28. 28.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a message. (a) had send (b) have sent (c) has sent (d) had sent
29. 29.She ___ on the stage before the bell rang. (a) have danced (b) had danced (c) had dance (d) has danced
30. 30.When Dad called, they ___ already thrown the ball. (a) have (b) has (c) had
31. 31.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ rice. (a) has cooked (b) had cook (c) had cooked (d) have cooked
32. 32.By the time we reached, she ___ rice. (a) has cooked (b) had cook (c) had cooked (d) have cooked
33. 33.When Dad called, I ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) have (b) has (c) had
34. 34.By the time we reached, Neel ___ in the park. (a) have run (b) has run (c) had ran (d) had run
35. 35.By the time we reached, my sister ___ in the park. (a) have jogged (b) has jogged (c) had jogged (d) had jog
36. 36.When Dad called, we ___ already gone to school. (a) had (b) have (c) has
37. 37.When Dad called, you ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
38. 38.By the time Mum came home, my cousins ___ vegetables. (a) had bought (b) has bought (c) have bought (d) had buy
39. 39.She ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) has caught (b) had catch (c) have caught (d) had caught
40. 40.You ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had ran (b) have run (c) had run (d) has run

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