Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 112 · 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.They did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brought
2. 2.___ we drink milk last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
3. 3.He ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned
4. 4.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) jog (c) will jog (d) jogged
5. 5.He did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writing (b) writes (c) wrote (d) write
6. 6.Dev ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swimmed (d) will swim
7. 7.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
8. 8.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eating (d) eated
9. 9.___ Aditya feed the dog last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
10. 10.___ Farhan dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
11. 11.___ my sister swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
12. 12.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) weared (d) wearing
13. 13.We ___ milk in 2023. (a) drank (b) will drink (c) drink (d) drinked
14. 14.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) written (d) writed
15. 15.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) speaked
16. 16.Omkar did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helping (b) helped (c) help (d) helps
17. 17.I ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) have cooked (c) will cook (d) cook
18. 18.___ my sister throw the ball yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
19. 19.She did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) catching (c) caught (d) catch
20. 20.My sister ___ the train last week. (a) taked (b) takes (c) took (d) will take
21. 21.My friends ___ the ball last week. (a) throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) will throw
22. 22.He ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) feeded (c) fed (d) will feed
23. 23.___ my friends draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
24. 24.___ my sister bring lunch in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
25. 25.He ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helps (b) helped (c) has helped (d) will help
26. 26.Ira ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) has clapped (c) will clap (d) clapped
27. 27.Arjun ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) maked (c) makes (d) made
28. 28.___ the children feed the dog yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
29. 29.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) throwed
30. 30.She ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) will buy (b) buyed (c) buys (d) bought
31. 31.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) went (d) going
32. 32.Kavya ___ a tree last week. (a) will plant (b) has planted (c) plants (d) planted
33. 33.My cousins did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) telling (c) tell (d) told
34. 34.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
35. 35.We ___ the room last Sunday. (a) have cleaned (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) will clean
36. 36.I ___ cricket in 2023. (a) will play (b) play (c) played (d) have played
37. 37.___ my sister write a letter last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
38. 38.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
39. 39.___ you cook rice last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
40. 40.___ you tell a story two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does

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