Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 965 · 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, I ___ the train. (a) had taken (b) has taken (c) have taken (d) had took
2. 2.When Dad called, my sister ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) has (c) had
3. 3.Nisha ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) has planted (b) have planted (c) had plant (d) had planted
4. 4.When Dad called, you ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
5. 5.When Dad called, we ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) had (c) have
6. 6.When Dad called, you ___ already drawn a picture. (a) have (b) had (c) has
7. 7.By the time we reached, my cousins ___ a message. (a) have sent (b) had send (c) has sent (d) had sent
8. 8.I ___ lunch before it got dark. (a) have brought (b) had brought (c) has brought (d) had bring
9. 9.When Dad called, my brother ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
10. 10.She ___ in the pool before it got dark. (a) has swum (b) had swam (c) had swum (d) have swum
11. 11.I ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) have thrown (b) had thrown (c) has thrown (d) had threw
12. 12.We ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) had caught (b) have caught (c) has caught (d) had catch
13. 13.When Dad called, she ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) had (c) have
14. 14.We ___ a bicycle before the bell rang. (a) had rode (b) had ridden (c) have ridden (d) has ridden
15. 15.She ___ a message before it got dark. (a) has sent (b) had send (c) have sent (d) had sent
16. 16.He ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) have run (b) has run (c) had ran (d) had run
17. 17.Tara ___ Grandma before it got dark. (a) has helped (b) had help (c) had helped (d) have helped
18. 18.By the time we reached, Aditya ___ Grandma. (a) had help (b) has helped (c) had helped (d) have helped
19. 19.Pooja ___ the train before it got dark. (a) had took (b) have taken (c) had taken (d) has taken
20. 20.When Dad called, my sister ___ already run in the park. (a) had (b) has (c) have
21. 21.By the time Mum came home, the children ___ a tree. (a) has climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) have climbed
22. 22.The children ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) has eaten (b) had ate (c) have eaten (d) had eaten
23. 23.By the time we reached, she ___ a sandcastle. (a) have built (b) had build (c) had built (d) has built
24. 24.By the time we reached, he ___ a picture. (a) have drawn (b) had drew (c) has drawn (d) had drawn
25. 25.He ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) have taken (b) has taken (c) had taken (d) had took
26. 26.When Dad called, Zoya ___ already climbed a tree. (a) have (b) had (c) has
27. 27.They ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) had clean (b) has cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) had cleaned
28. 28.By the time Mum came home, we ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) have thrown (c) had thrown (d) had threw
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, my brother ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) has played (c) had played (d) have played
30. 30.Sneha ___ to school before the guests arrived. (a) have gone (b) had gone (c) had went (d) has gone
31. 31.My friends ___ cricket before the guests arrived. (a) had played (b) has played (c) have played (d) had play
32. 32.Kabir ___ a cake before it got dark. (a) have baked (b) has baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
33. 33.When Dad called, Rahul ___ already cooked rice. (a) had (b) has (c) have
34. 34.By the time we reached, she ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) had baked (c) has baked (d) have baked
35. 35.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
36. 36.When Dad called, he ___ already run in the park. (a) had (b) have (c) has
37. 37.He ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) have sung (b) has sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
38. 38.When Dad called, my sister ___ already caught the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
39. 39.When Dad called, she ___ already cooked rice. (a) have (b) has (c) had
40. 40.When Dad called, my sister ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) have (c) had

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