Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 183 · 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 “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) wore (d) weared
2. 2.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) wrote (d) writed
3. 3.___ I win the match in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.They did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) rides (c) ride (d) riding
5. 5.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) threw (d) throwing
6. 6.She ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeded
7. 7.Ananya did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wear (d) wears
8. 8.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
9. 9.___ you throw the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
10. 10.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) speaking
11. 11.I did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carries (d) carry
12. 12.___ you wash the dishes last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
13. 13.Zoya ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) has cleaned
14. 14.___ he throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
15. 15.Yash ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builded (b) built (c) will build (d) builds
16. 16.You ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watch (c) have watched (d) will watch
17. 17.You ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watch (d) watched
18. 18.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
19. 19.You ___ a picture last week. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) drew (d) draw
20. 20.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taken (d) taking
21. 21.They did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) clapped (d) claps
22. 22.We ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) bring
23. 23.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
24. 24.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flown (c) flying (d) flyed
25. 25.My sister ___ science yesterday. (a) has studied (b) studies (c) will study (d) studied
26. 26.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) ridden (d) rided
27. 27.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
28. 28.___ I play cricket yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
29. 29.He did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) going (b) go (c) goes (d) went
30. 30.I ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) will go (c) goed (d) went
31. 31.We ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feed
32. 32.I did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
33. 33.I did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) fed
34. 34.___ we drink milk yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.We ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sended (b) send (c) sent (d) will send
36. 36.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drank
37. 37.___ you wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.They ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) write (d) writed
39. 39.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eating (d) eaten
40. 40.My sister ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eated (b) ate (c) eats (d) will eat

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