Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 946 · 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 bell rang, we ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) had threw (c) had thrown (d) has thrown
2. 2.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ in the park. (a) had jogged (b) had jog (c) has jogged (d) have jogged
3. 3.When Dad called, my sister ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) have (c) had
4. 4.By the time we reached, the students ___ a picture. (a) had drawn (b) had drew (c) has drawn (d) have drawn
5. 5.When Dad called, you ___ already jogged in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
6. 6.She ___ milk before it got dark. (a) has drunk (b) had drunk (c) had drank (d) have drunk
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ the dog. (a) have fed (b) had fed (c) has fed (d) had feed
8. 8.By the time we reached, they ___ in the park. (a) had jogged (b) had jog (c) have jogged (d) has jogged
9. 9.My sister ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) had climb (b) had climbed (c) has climbed (d) have climbed
10. 10.When Dad called, Ananya ___ already written a letter. (a) has (b) have (c) had
11. 11.Aisha ___ science before the bell rang. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) have studied (d) had studied
12. 12.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
13. 13.By the time the bell rang, my parents ___ the bag. (a) has carried (b) had carried (c) had carry (d) have carried
14. 14.When Dad called, he ___ already run in the park. (a) have (b) had (c) has
15. 15.By the time the bell rang, my cousins ___ tea. (a) has made (b) had made (c) had make (d) have made
16. 16.Isha ___ a letter before Mum came home. (a) had written (b) have written (c) has written (d) had wrote
17. 17.She ___ tea before Mum came home. (a) had make (b) have made (c) had made (d) has made
18. 18.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) has watched (c) have watched (d) had watched
19. 19.She ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) have made (b) had make (c) has made (d) had made
20. 20.We ___ a cap before Mum came home. (a) has worn (b) had wore (c) had worn (d) have worn
21. 21.You ___ a message before Mum came home. (a) has sent (b) have sent (c) had send (d) had sent
22. 22.Saanvi ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
23. 23.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a kite. (a) had flown (b) has flown (c) had flew (d) have flown
24. 24.By the time we reached, they ___ a message. (a) had send (b) has sent (c) had sent (d) have sent
25. 25.When Dad called, she ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
26. 26.By the time the bell rang, my friends ___ a tree. (a) had planted (b) had plant (c) have planted (d) has planted
27. 27.She ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) had caught (b) had catch (c) have caught (d) has caught
28. 28.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a kite. (a) have flown (b) has flown (c) had flown (d) had flew
29. 29.Karan ___ the dog before the bell rang. (a) had fed (b) has fed (c) have fed (d) had feed
30. 30.Arjun ___ the room before it got dark. (a) has cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
31. 31.When Dad called, I ___ already gone to school. (a) had (b) has (c) have
32. 32.When Dad called, he ___ already cooked rice. (a) have (b) has (c) had
33. 33.They ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) has thrown (b) had threw (c) have thrown (d) had thrown
34. 34.He ___ for the team before the guests arrived. (a) has clapped (b) have clapped (c) had clapped (d) had clap
35. 35.By the time the bell rang, she ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) have thrown
36. 36.We ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) had took (b) have taken (c) had taken (d) has taken
37. 37.She ___ tea before it got dark. (a) had made (b) has made (c) had make (d) have made
38. 38.Aisha ___ vegetables before it got dark. (a) have bought (b) had buy (c) has bought (d) had bought
39. 39.When Dad called, Nisha ___ already taken the train. (a) had (b) has (c) have
40. 40.When Dad called, he ___ already jogged in the park. (a) have (b) has (c) had

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