Perfect Before the Past: Past Perfect Tense for Grade 3 

This Grade 3 worksheet introduces students to the Past Perfect Tense (Intro) through structured and engaging grammar exercises. Designed to build strong foundational grammar skills, this worksheet helps young learners understand how to describe actions that were completed before another action in the past.

Through a variety of carefully planned activities, students explore how to form and identify sentences using “had + past participle.” The exercises gradually build understanding — starting with identifying correct Past Perfect sentences and progressing toward sentence rewriting and paragraph completion.

Why Past Perfect Tense Matters in Grammar? 

Understanding the Past Perfect Tense helps learners: 
1. Describe actions that happened before another past event. 
2. Use “had” correctly with the past participle form of verbs. 
3. Improve sentence sequencing and storytelling clarity. 
4. Strengthen written and spoken communication skills.

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes five carefully designed grammar exercises to build tense confidence and accuracy:

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students choose the sentence written in the Past Perfect tense. This helps them differentiate between simple past, present perfect, and past perfect forms.

Exercise 2 – True or False 
Students read sentences and tick whether they are correctly written in the Past Perfect tense. This sharpens error identification skills.

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks 
Learners complete sentences using the correct past perfect form of verbs given in brackets.

Exercise 4 – Sentence Rewriting 
Students rewrite sentences into the Past Perfect tense, reinforcing structure and verb transformation skills.

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Completion 
A short story-based activity where students fill in blanks using correct past perfect forms from a word box, helping them apply grammar in context.

Answer Key (For Parents and Educators)

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions 
1. a 
2. a 
3. b 
4. a 
5. b 
6. b 
7. a 
8. a 
9. b 
10. b 

Exercise 2 – True or False 
1. T 
2. F 
3. T 
4. F 
5. T 
6. F 
7. T 
8. T 
9. F 
10. F 

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks 
1. had cooked 
2. had washed 
3. had sown 
4. had bought 
5. had opened 
6. had solved 
7. had sold 
8. had set 
9. had reached 
10. had started 

Exercise 4 – Rewrite in Past Perfect Tense 
1. Students had cooked vegetables before lunch. 
2. Anu had finished her drawing early. 
3. Kabir had closed the shop at noon. 
4. Anaya had prepared the lemon juice. 
5. They had planted jasmines in the garden. 
6. Raj had cleaned his bicycle before evening. 
7. We had watched the parade in the street. 
8. The chef had mixed the spices. 
9. I had taken my umbrella before going out. 
10. The bus had reached school late. 

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Fill in the Blanks
1. had cleaned 
2. had hidden 
3. had baked 
4. had finished 
5. had set 
6. had forgotten 
7. had gone
8. had bought
9. had promised

Build your child’s confidence in mastering advanced verb forms with structured grammar practice designed for Grade 3 learners. Strengthen storytelling and sequencing skills today. 

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