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Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 100 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (Past = V2): Time words: yesterday, last Sunday, two days ago, last week, in 2023. Regular verbs add -ed (cleaned, studied, jogged); irregular verbs change (went, ate, wrote, bought). The same form works for every subject. Questions and “not” use did + the base verb: Did you go? He did not go.

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  1. 1.Karan ___ the dog in 2023. (a) will feed (b) feeds (c) feeded (d) fed
  2. 2.You ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) draw
  3. 3.___ my parents help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
  4. 4.___ I send a message last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
  5. 5.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
  6. 6.The children did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) write (b) writes (c) wrote (d) writing
  7. 7.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) ate (d) eated
  8. 8.We did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
  9. 9.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) took (d) taken
  10. 10.___ she draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
  11. 11.___ my brother watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
  12. 12.The students ___ science yesterday. (a) have studied (b) studied (c) study (d) will study
  13. 13.You ___ a song last week. (a) sing (b) will sing (c) have sung (d) sang
  14. 14.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
  15. 15.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) running
  16. 16.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
  17. 17.You ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
  18. 18.___ Rahul carry the bag two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
  19. 19.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
  20. 20.___ you clean the room in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
  21. 21.Kunal ___ a story two days ago. (a) telled (b) tells (c) will tell (d) told
  22. 22.My brother ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) has danced (c) will dance (d) danced
  23. 23.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
  24. 24.Tara ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) has watched (b) watches (c) watched (d) will watch
  25. 25.___ she send a message in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
  26. 26.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
  27. 27.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) weared (d) worn
  28. 28.I did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
  29. 29.___ she jog in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
  30. 30.He ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goes (b) went (c) goed (d) will go
  31. 31.My sister ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) studies (c) has studied (d) will study
  32. 32.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
  33. 33.He did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helps (b) helping (c) help (d) helped
  34. 34.Meera ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) will build (c) builds (d) builded
  35. 35.___ she go to school last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
  36. 36.They ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) danced (d) will dance
  37. 37.___ we send a message two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
  38. 38.We ___ cricket yesterday. (a) will play (b) played (c) have played (d) play
  39. 39.___ my friends swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
  40. 40.They did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry

Answer key

  1. fed
  2. drew
  3. Did
  4. Did
  5. made
  6. write
  7. ate
  8. write
  9. took
  10. Did
  11. Did
  12. studied
  13. sang
  14. told
  15. ran
  16. flew
  17. rode
  18. Did
  19. rode
  20. Did
  21. told
  22. danced
  23. brought
  24. watched
  25. Did
  26. drank
  27. wore
  28. swim
  29. Did
  30. went
  31. studied
  32. caught
  33. help
  34. built
  35. Did
  36. danced
  37. Did
  38. played
  39. Did
  40. carry

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