Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 952 · 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.When Dad called, he ___ already told a story. (a) had (b) has (c) have
2. 2.By the time we reached, she ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) had bake (c) have baked (d) had baked
3. 3.When Dad called, my brother ___ already brought lunch. (a) had (b) have (c) has
4. 4.When Dad called, I ___ already washed the dishes. (a) have (b) had (c) has
5. 5.When Dad called, my friends ___ already brought lunch. (a) had (b) have (c) has
6. 6.When Dad called, she ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
7. 7.She ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) has taken (b) had taken (c) had took (d) have taken
8. 8.I ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) have ridden (b) has ridden (c) had rode (d) had ridden
9. 9.When Dad called, she ___ already climbed a tree. (a) had (b) have (c) has
10. 10.I ___ a picture before Mum came home. (a) had drawn (b) has drawn (c) have drawn (d) had drew
11. 11.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ the train. (a) had taken (b) has taken (c) had took (d) have taken
12. 12.He ___ the bag before it got dark. (a) has carried (b) had carried (c) had carry (d) have carried
13. 13.He ___ a story before the guests arrived. (a) had told (b) have told (c) had tell (d) has told
14. 14.You ___ the dog before Mum came home. (a) have fed (b) had fed (c) has fed (d) had feed
15. 15.My sister ___ science before it got dark. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) had study
16. 16.By the time we reached, we ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) has played (c) had played (d) have played
17. 17.When Dad called, my friends ___ already written a letter. (a) have (b) had (c) has
18. 18.I ___ a story before the guests arrived. (a) had tell (b) had told (c) has told (d) have told
19. 19.By the time the bell rang, I ___ cricket. (a) have played (b) has played (c) had play (d) had played
20. 20.He ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) has thrown (b) have thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
21. 21.When Dad called, he ___ already won the match. (a) have (b) has (c) had
22. 22.My brother ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) have taken (b) had took (c) has taken (d) had taken
23. 23.When Dad called, I ___ already made tea. (a) has (b) have (c) had
24. 24.We ___ the room before it got dark. (a) had clean (b) had cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) have cleaned
25. 25.When Dad called, she ___ already won the match. (a) have (b) has (c) had
26. 26.I ___ science before the bell rang. (a) had study (b) have studied (c) has studied (d) had studied
27. 27.When Dad called, my brother ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) had (c) have
28. 28.By the time the bell rang, Riya ___ rice. (a) had cook (b) have cooked (c) has cooked (d) had cooked
29. 29.They ___ to school before the guests arrived. (a) has gone (b) have gone (c) had went (d) had gone
30. 30.He ___ in the pool before Mum came home. (a) has swum (b) had swam (c) have swum (d) had swum
31. 31.By the time we reached, Kavya ___ the match. (a) have won (b) had won (c) had win (d) has won
32. 32.My cousins ___ tea before Mum came home. (a) had made (b) have made (c) has made (d) had make
33. 33.Aarav ___ a picture before the bell rang. (a) had drew (b) have drawn (c) had drawn (d) has drawn
34. 34.My friends ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) has jogged (b) had jogged (c) had jog (d) have jogged
35. 35.When Dad called, they ___ already helped Grandma. (a) has (b) had (c) have
36. 36.By the time Mum came home, my cousins ___ tea. (a) has made (b) have made (c) had make (d) had made
37. 37.Karan ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) had threw (b) have thrown (c) had thrown (d) has thrown
38. 38.When Dad called, he ___ already sent a message. (a) had (b) have (c) has
39. 39.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a tree. (a) had climb (b) had climbed (c) have climbed (d) has climbed
40. 40.My brother ___ a letter before Mum came home. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) had written (d) has written

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