(A) Fill in the blanks with the Past Perfect
(stage)
form of verbs given in brackets:
1) The movie had started when we reached the
theatre. (start)
2) After she __________ the news, she
rushed to see him. (hear)
3) Suddenly I realized that I _________ to
bring my pencil box. (forget)
4) Mr. Gopal ___________ that his relatives
would come to help him. (hope)
5) I washed my hands after I __________
eat my lunch. (eat)
6) The thief ____________ before the
police arrived. (escape)
7) When I ___________ my work, I went off
to sleep. (finish)
8) The doctor arrived after the patient
__________. (die)
9) He ___________ the office when she
reached there. (leave)
10) Sanjeev ___________ to market when I
called her. (go)
(B) Fill in the blanks with Past Perfect tense in
its negative form:
1) Both the parties had not come to a
compromise. (come)
2) My younger brother ___________ his B.A.
last year. (pass)
3) The thief ____________ the lock with a
hammer. (open)
4) The maid _____ the floor quite clean. (mop)
5) The darkness ___________ when I got
home. (prevail)
6) We _____________ our old house. (sell)
7) The sun ___ high when they woke up. (rise)
8) The shops ____________ when we
reached the market. (close)
9) The well __________ up last summer. (dry)
10) Our team _____________ the match. (win)
11) The hawker ____________ fresh
vegetable today. (bring)
12) The guard _________ to start. (whistle)
(C) Fill in the blanks with the Interrogative
form of Past Perfect Tense:
1) Had he left for railway station before it
started raining? (leave)
2) ______ his business _______ badly? (fail)
3) ____ the mother ____ the clothes? (wash)
4) ____ she _______ the Taj before? (visit)
5) ______ he _____ before you came? (come)
6) _________ the farmers ___________
the wheat crop in October? (sow)
7) _________ the juggler ___________ his
feats to the people? (show)
8) ____ the girls _____ a folk dance?
9) _________ the soldiers __________ the
enemy post? (capture)
10) _________ the hen __________ an egg in
the morning? (lay)
11) ____ the watchman _____ at night? (come)
12) ___ she ___ me for the mistake? (forgive)
13) _________ you __________ the room
before she arrived? (leave)
14) ____ the child ____ in my absence? (cry)
(D) Change the given sentences into their
negative and interrogative forms of past perfect
tense:
1) The thieves had broken into her house.
(-) The thieves had not broken into her house.
(?) Had the thieves broken into her house?
2) The cook had prepared a delicious dish.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
3) Susan had painted a beautiful picture.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
4) The labourers had dug the canal long ago.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
5) Mummy had washed my school dress.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
6) The villagers had beaten the thief to death.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
7) Her husband had died in a road accident.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
8) They had wasted away their wealth.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
9) The lion had agreed to the request of
animals.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
10) We had finished our course.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
11) The fox had failed to get the grapes.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
12) The patient had died in the hospital.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
13) The police had arrived at the incident.
(-) __________________________
(?) __________________________
ANSWERS
(A) Fill in the blanks with the Past Perfect form of verbs given in brackets:
1) The movie had started when we reached the theatre. (start)
2) After she _had heard_ the news, she rushed to see him. (hear)
3) Suddenly I realized that I _had forgotten to bring my pencil box. (forget)
4) Mr. Gopal _had hoped_ that his relatives would come to help him. (hope)
5) I washed my hands after I _had eaten_ eat my lunch. (eat)
6) The thief _had escaped_ before the police arrived. (escape)
7) When I _had finished_ my work, I went off to sleep. (finish)
8) The doctor arrived after the patient _had died_. (die)
9) He _had left_ the office when she reached there. (leave)
10) Sanjeev _had gone_ to market when I called her. (go)

(B) Fill in the blanks with Past Perfect tense in its negative form:
1) Both the parties had not come to a compromise. (come)
2) My younger brother _had not passed_ his B.A. last year. (pass)
3) The thief _had not opened_ the lock with a hammer. (open)
4) The maid _had not mopped_ the floor quite clean. (mop)
5) The darkness _had not prevailed_ when I got home. (prevail)
6) We _had not sold_ our old house. (sell)
7) The sun _had not risen_ high when they woke up. (rise)
8) The shops _had not closed_ when we reached the market. (close)
9) The well _had not dried_ up last summer. (dry)
10) Our team _had not won_ the match. (win)
11) The hawker _had not brought_ fresh vegetable today. (bring)
12) The guard _had not whistled_ to start. (whistle)

(C) Fill in the blanks with the Interrogative form of Past Perfect Tense:
1) Had he left for railway station before it started raining? (leave)
2) _Had_ his business _failed_ badly? (fail)
3) _Had_ the mother _washed_ the clothes? (wash)
4) _Had_ she _visited_ the Taj before? (visit)
5) _Had_ he _come_ before you came? (come)
6) _Had_ the farmers _sowed_ the wheat crop in October? (sow)
7) _Had_ the juggler _shown_ his feats to the people? (show)
8) _Had_ the girls _staged_ a folk dance? (stage)
9) _Had_ the soldiers _captured_ the enemy post? (capture)
10) _Had_ the hen _laid_ an egg in the morning? (lay)
11) _Had_ the watchman _come_ at night? (come)
12) _Had_ she _forgiven_ me for the mistake? (forgive)
13) _Had_ you _left_ the room before she arrived? (leave)
14) _Had_ the child _cried_ in my absence? (cry)

(D) Change the given sentences into their negative and interrogative forms of past perfect tense:
1) The thieves had broken into her house.
(-) The thieves had not broken into her house.
(?) Had the thieves broken into her house?
2) The cook had prepared a delicious dish.
(-) The cook had not prepared a delicious dish.
(?) Had the cook prepared a delicious dish?
3) Susan had painted a beautiful picture.
(-) Susan had not painted a beautiful picture.
(?) Had Susan painted a beautiful picture?
4) The labourers had dug the canal long ago.
(-) The labourers had not dug the canal long ago.
 (?) Had the labourers dug the canal long ago?
5) Mummy had washed my school dress.
(-) Mummy had not washed my school dress.
(?) Had Mummy washed my school dress?
6) The villagers had beaten the thief to death.
(-) The villagers had not beaten the thief to death.
(?) Had the villagers beaten the thief to death?
7) Her husband had died in a road accident.
(-) Her husband had not died in a road accident.
(?) Had her husband died in a road accident?
8) They had wasted away their wealth.
(-) They had not wasted away their wealth.
(?) Had they wasted away their wealth?
9) The lion had agreed to the request of animals.
(-) The lion had not agreed to the request of animals.
(?) Had the lion agreed to the request of animals?
10) We had finished our course.
(-) We had not finished our course.
(?) Had we finished our course?
11) The fox had failed to get the grapes.
(-) The fox had not failed to get the grapes.
(?) Had the fox failed to get the grapes?
12) The patient had died in the hospital.
(-) The patient had not died in the hospital.
(?) Had the patient died in the hospital?
13) The police had arrived at the incident.
(-) The police had not arrived at the incident.
(?) Had the police arrived at the incident?