Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 110 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swimming
2. 2.She did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
3. 3.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) went (c) going (d) goed
4. 4.She ___ the train yesterday. (a) took (b) takes (c) will take (d) taked
5. 5.They did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) sent
6. 6.We ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buyed (b) buy (c) bought (d) will buy
7. 7.You did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) drew
8. 8.She did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eats (b) eat (c) ate (d) eating
9. 9.They ___ a picture in 2023. (a) will draw (b) drew (c) draw (d) drawed
10. 10.___ I fly a kite last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
11. 11.They ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eated (b) eat (c) will eat (d) ate
12. 12.We ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clap (b) will clap (c) have clapped (d) clapped
13. 13.___ I jog in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.___ he win the match last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
15. 15.I did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
16. 16.They ___ the match yesterday. (a) winned (b) win (c) will win (d) won
17. 17.You ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helped (c) have helped (d) will help
18. 18.Ananya did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eats (b) eat (c) ate (d) eating
19. 19.My brother ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) will cook
20. 20.___ the children go to school yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
21. 21.My brother ___ cricket last week. (a) will play (b) plays (c) has played (d) played
22. 22.The children ___ cricket in 2023. (a) play (b) played (c) will play (d) have played
23. 23.My brother did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feed
24. 24.I did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) won (b) winning (c) win (d) wins
25. 25.___ he swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drank
27. 27.She did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) writes (c) write (d) writing
28. 28.We did not ___ milk last week. (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drinks
29. 29.___ Sneha play cricket last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
30. 30.Yash ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) has watched (b) will watch (c) watched (d) watches
31. 31.My brother did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carried (d) carrying
32. 32.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
33. 33.My brother did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wore (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wears
34. 34.Diya did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) send (c) sending (d) sends
35. 35.She ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) will speak (d) speaks
36. 36.You did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wore (d) wearing
37. 37.We ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) have washed (b) wash (c) will wash (d) washed
38. 38.She ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) will wash (b) washes (c) has washed (d) washed
39. 39.___ we throw the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
40. 40.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wore (c) wearing (d) worn

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