Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 945 · 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 we reached, we ___ Hindi. (a) had spoke (b) have spoken (c) had spoken (d) has spoken
2. 2.By the time we reached, my cousins ___ a sandcastle. (a) has built (b) have built (c) had build (d) had built
3. 3.When Dad called, you ___ already cooked rice. (a) have (b) has (c) had
4. 4.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ for the team. (a) has clapped (b) have clapped (c) had clap (d) had clapped
5. 5.When Dad called, I ___ already flown a kite. (a) had (b) has (c) have
6. 6.When Dad called, my sister ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) has (b) had (c) have
7. 7.My cousins ___ for the team before the guests arrived. (a) has clapped (b) had clapped (c) had clap (d) have clapped
8. 8.When Dad called, Isha ___ already taken the train. (a) has (b) had (c) have
9. 9.By the time the bell rang, they ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) had clean (c) has cleaned (d) had cleaned
10. 10.Zoya ___ rice before Mum came home. (a) had cooked (b) have cooked (c) had cook (d) has cooked
11. 11.I ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) have planted (b) had plant (c) has planted (d) had planted
12. 12.By the time the bell rang, we ___ on the stage. (a) had danced (b) has danced (c) had dance (d) have danced
13. 13.My sister ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) has danced (b) had dance (c) had danced (d) have danced
14. 14.We ___ rice before Mum came home. (a) had cook (b) have cooked (c) has cooked (d) had cooked
15. 15.By the time Mum came home, you ___ in the pool. (a) have swum (b) has swum (c) had swum (d) had swam
16. 16.When Dad called, she ___ already gone to school. (a) have (b) had (c) has
17. 17.By the time Mum came home, she ___ the train. (a) had taken (b) had took (c) have taken (d) has taken
18. 18.By the time we reached, my brother ___ in the pool. (a) have swum (b) had swam (c) has swum (d) had swum
19. 19.When Dad called, we ___ already sung a song. (a) had (b) has (c) have
20. 20.When Dad called, you ___ already clapped for the team. (a) have (b) has (c) had
21. 21.By the time Mum came home, he ___ the ball. (a) has caught (b) had caught (c) have caught (d) had catch
22. 22.She ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) had eaten (b) have eaten (c) has eaten (d) had ate
23. 23.When Dad called, the students ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) have (c) had
24. 24.She ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) had caught (b) had catch (c) have caught (d) has caught
25. 25.By the time we reached, my sister ___ a picture. (a) had drew (b) had drawn (c) have drawn (d) has drawn
26. 26.When Dad called, they ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) have (c) had
27. 27.When Dad called, Nisha ___ already cleaned the room. (a) have (b) has (c) had
28. 28.We ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) had took (b) had taken (c) has taken (d) have taken
29. 29.You ___ Grandma before it got dark. (a) had helped (b) had help (c) has helped (d) have helped
30. 30.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a message. (a) has sent (b) had sent (c) have sent (d) had send
31. 31.She ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) had watched (b) had watch (c) has watched (d) have watched
32. 32.When Dad called, she ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
33. 33.By the time Mum came home, he ___ Grandma. (a) have helped (b) had helped (c) has helped (d) had help
34. 34.By the time the bell rang, the students ___ a mango. (a) had ate (b) had eaten (c) has eaten (d) have eaten
35. 35.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ science. (a) had studied (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) had study
36. 36.She ___ on the stage before the bell rang. (a) have danced (b) has danced (c) had danced (d) had dance
37. 37.By the time we reached, she ___ a picture. (a) have drawn (b) has drawn (c) had drawn (d) had drew
38. 38.He ___ tea before the bell rang. (a) had make (b) had made (c) has made (d) have made
39. 39.My brother ___ a message before it got dark. (a) had sent (b) has sent (c) had send (d) have sent
40. 40.You ___ to school before it got dark. (a) have gone (b) had went (c) has gone (d) had gone

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