📜 English Grammar Practice: Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

Topic: Past Perfect Tense (Structures: Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative, Negative Interrogative, Wh-Interrogative, Wh-Negative Interrogative)

Past Perfect Tense Worksheet -A: Hindi to English Translation 

नीचे दिए गए हिंदी वाक्यों का अंग्रेजी में अनुवाद करें:  

1. वे घर जा चुके थे। (Affirmative) 

2. उसने अपना काम पूरा नहीं किया था। (Negative)

3. क्या वे घर गए थे? (Interrogative)

4. क्या उसने अपना काम पूरा नहीं किया था? (Negative Interrogative – Short Form)

5. वे घर कब गए थे? (Wh-Interrogative)

6. वह क्यों नहीं आई थी? (Wh-Negative Interrogative)

7. डॉक्टर के आने से पहले रोगी मर चुका था। (Affirmative – Complex)

8. मेरे स्टेशन पहुँचने से पहले ट्रेन नहीं छूटी थी। (Negative)

9. क्या तुमने 2024 से पहले लाल किला देख लिया था? (Interrogative)

10. उसने तुम्हें सच क्यों नहीं बताया था? (Wh-Negative Interrogative)

Past Perfect Tense Worksheet – B: MCQs 

सही विकल्प का चयन करें:

1. She ______ her homework before the teacher arrived.

   (a) completed

   (b) has completed

   (c) had completed

   (d) was completed

2. ______ they left the office before it started raining?

   (a) Did

   (b) Had

   (c) Were

   (d) Have

3. Why ______ you not informed the police before leaving?

   (a) had

   (b) have

   (c) did

   (d) were

4. Hadn’t Rohan ______ the letter before yesterday?

   (a) wrote

   (b) write

   (c) written

   (d) writing

5. I ______ not seen him for two years until we met last week.

   (a) have

   (b) had

   (c) was

   (d) am

6. Where ______ she hidden the keys before going out?

   (a) had

   (b) did

   (c) was

   (d) has

7. They ______ not submitted the project till the deadline passed.

   (a) haven’t

   (b) had

   (c) did

   (d) were

8. Why hadn’t the students ______ the exam pattern earlier?

   (a) understand

   (b) understood

   (c) understanding

   (d) understands

9. Had the train ______ before you reached the station?

   (a) leave

   (b) left

   (c) leaving

   (d) departed

10. Which helping verb is used in Past Perfect Tense for ALL subjects (Singular & Plural)?

    (a) Has / Have

    (b) Did

    (c) Had

    (d) Was / Were

Past Perfect Tense Worksheet – C: Fill in the Blanks 

कोष्ठक (Brackets) में दी गई Verb की सही Form (Had + V3) भरें:

1. By the time I reached the cinema, the movie __________ already __________ (start).

2. She __________ not __________ (finish) her dinner when the lights went out.

3. __________ (Had / Did) you ever __________ (see) a tiger before that trip?

4. Why __________ (had / have) they not __________ (lock) the gate before going to sleep?

5. The students __________ (prepare) well before the final examination began.

6. Hadn’t he __________ (inform) you about the change in meeting time?

7. When __________ (had / did) the minister __________ (deliver) his speech before the protest broke out?

8. The patient __________ not __________ (take) the medicine before the doctor came.

9. Why hadn’t you __________ (clean) your room before the guests arrived?

10. We __________ (sell) our car before we moved to Delhi.

Past Perfect Tense Worksheet -D: Right or Wrong 

जाँचें कि कौन-सा वाक्य सही (Right ✔) है और कौन-सा गलत (Wrong ✖)। गलत वाक्य को सही करके लिखें:

1. They had went to Jaipur before last Sunday.

2. She had not completed her work yesterday.

3. Had you ever saw the Taj Mahal before 2020?

4. Why hadn’t she came to the class on time?

5. He had lived in Mumbai for five years before moving to Pune.

6. Didn’t she had finished the project before Friday?

7. Where had they hidden the stolen money?

8. Why had not he informed the Principal earlier?

9. The train had left before we reached the platform.

10. Hadn’t they written the exam before the results came?

🔑 Answer Key (उत्तर कुंजी)

Past Perfect Tense Worksheet – A: Translation

1. They had gone home.

2. She had not completed her work.

3. Had they gone home?

4. Hadn’t she completed her work?

5. When had they gone home?

6. Why hadn’t she come?

7. The patient had died before the doctor came.

8. The train had not left before I reached the station.

9. Had you seen the Red Fort before 2024?

10. Why hadn’t he told you the truth?

Past Perfect Tense Worksheet – B: MCQs

1. (c) had completed

2. (b) Had

3. (a) had

4. (c) written

5. (b) had

6. (a) had

7. (b) had

8. (b) understood

9. (b) left

10. (c) Had

Past Perfect Tense Worksheet – C: Fill in the Blanks

1. had … started

2. had … finished

3. Had … seen

4. had … locked

5. had prepared

6. informed

7. had … delivered

8. had … taken

9. cleaned

10. had sold

Past Perfect Tense Worksheet – D: Right or Wrong

1. Wrong ✖ ➔ Correction: They had gone to Jaipur before last Sunday. (V3 is used with Had)

2. Right ✔

3. Wrong ✖ ➔ Correction: Had you ever seen the Taj Mahal before 2020? (V3 seen, not saw)

4. Wrong ✖ ➔ Correction: Why hadn’t she come to the class on time? (V3 of come is come)

5. Right ✔

6. Wrong ✖ ➔ Correction: Hadn’t she finished the project before Friday?

7. Right ✔

8. Wrong ✖ ➔ Correction: Why hadn’t he informed the Principal earlier? / Why had he not informed…

9. Right ✔

10. Right ✔

निष्कर्ष (Conclusion)

संक्षेप में, Past Perfect Tense भूतकाल (Past) में पूरे हो चुके किसी विशेष कार्य को दर्शाने के लिए प्रयोग किया जाता है। इसकी सबसे बड़ी खासियत यह है कि इसमें सभी प्रकार के Subjects (Singular और Plural) के साथ केवल एक ही हेल्पिंग वर्ब “Had” और मुख्य क्रिया की तीसरी फॉर्म (V3) का प्रयोग होता है।

इस Tense को पूरी तरह समझने के लिए मुख्य बातें:

• 6 बुनियादी ढाँचे: Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative, Negative Interrogative, Wh-Interrogative और Wh-Negative Interrogative वाक्यों की बनावट पर पकड़ होना आवश्यक है।

• समय का संदर्भ: यह उन घटनाओं को बताने में सबसे ज्यादा उपयोगी है जो भूतकाल में किसी दूसरी घटना या निश्चित समय से पहले पूरी हो चुकी थीं।

• व्यावहारिक अभ्यास: ऊपर दी गई वर्कशीट की मदद से विभिन्न वाक्य प्रकारों का बार-बार अभ्यास करने से छात्र परीक्षाओं (MCQs, Translation) में होने वाली छोटी-छोटी गलतियों से बच सकते हैं।

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