Perfect Tense Worksheets - Free Printable

Let’s go through each sentence one by one and fill in the blanks with the correct past perfect tense form of the verb given.

The past perfect tense is formed with had + past participle. We use it to talk about an action that happened before another action or time in the past.

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1. She ______ for a job when she went back to her old town.
→ The verb is “look”. Past participle = looked.
→ So: had looked

2. By the time I called him back, he ______ the meeting room.
→ Verb: leave → past participle = left
→ So: had left

3. He said that he ______ to Spain five years ago.
→ Verb: be → past participle = been
→ But note: “five years ago” is a specific time — we usually don’t use past perfect with specific times unless there’s another past event. However, since the instruction says to use past perfect, we’ll follow it.
→ So: had been

4. If ______ you were coming, I would have made dinner.
→ Verb: know → past participle = known
→ This is a conditional sentence — “If I had known...”
→ So: I had known

5. By the time the train arrived, we ______ our seats.
→ Verb: find → past participle = found
→ So: had found

6. Our team ______ won promotion last month despite all our losses.
→ Verb: win → past participle = won
→ Wait — this sentence already has “won”, which is simple past. But the instruction says to use past perfect. Let’s check context: “last month” is a finished time — normally we’d use simple past. But again, following instructions strictly:
→ Actually, looking again — maybe the blank is before “won”? No, the sentence reads: “Our team ______ won promotion...” — so perhaps the verb is meant to be something else? Wait — no, the verb given is probably “win”, but “won” is already there. Hmm. Maybe it’s a trick? Or maybe the verb is “have”? No — let’s re-read.

Actually, looking at the original image (even though we’re not describing it), the sixth sentence likely says:
“Our team ______ win promotion last month despite all our losses.”
→ Then verb = win → past participle = won → so: had won

But wait — “last month” doesn’t usually go with past perfect. Still, per task instructions, we’ll use past perfect.

So: had won

7. He only ______ to eat after his manager got to school.
→ Verb: start → past participle = started
→ So: had started

8. They ______ their car until he returned next week.
→ Verb: fix → past participle = fixed
→ So: had fixed

Wait — “until he returned next week” — “next week” is future from the past? That might be odd. But again, following grammar rule: past perfect for action completed before another past action.

Actually, “returned next week” doesn’t make sense — probably typo? Should be “this week” or just “returned”. But we’ll assume it’s “returned” (past) and “next week” is error.

Still, verb = fix → had fixed

BUT — negative? The sentence says “They ______ their car until he returned...” — if they didn’t fix it until he returned, then it should be negative: had not fixed or hadn’t fixed

Looking at structure: “They ______ their car until he returned...” — implies they did NOT fix it before he returned. So negative past perfect.

Verb: fix → past participle: fixed → negative: had not fixed

So: had not fixed or hadn’t fixed

In formal writing, often written as “had not fixed”

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Now let’s list all answers clearly:

1. had looked
2. had left
3. had been
4. I had known
5. had found
6. had won
7. had started
8. had not fixed

Wait — double-check #3: “He said that he ______ to Spain five years ago.”

Actually, “five years ago” is a definite time in the past — we usually use simple past here: “he was in Spain five years ago”. But the exercise forces past perfect. In reported speech, sometimes past perfect is used even with time expressions. For example: “He said he had been to Spain five years before.” But here it says “ago”, which is tricky.

However, since the worksheet insists on past perfect, we’ll go with had been.

Similarly, #6: “Our team had won promotion last month” — grammatically awkward, but per instructions, okay.

#8: Definitely needs negative — because “until he returned” means the fixing happened AFTER he returned, so BEFORE that, it was NOT done.

So final answers:

1. had looked
2. had left
3. had been
4. I had known
5. had found
6. had won
7. had started
8. had not fixed

Let me write them in order as per the worksheet.

Final Answer:
1. had looked
2. had left
3. had been
4. I had known
5. had found
6. had won
7. had started
8. had not fixed