Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 187 · 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 “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throwed
2. 2.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimmed
3. 3.He ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaks (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) will speak
4. 4.Karan ___ for the team last week. (a) has clapped (b) claps (c) will clap (d) clapped
5. 5.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
6. 6.He did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throw (b) throws (c) threw (d) throwing
7. 7.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) written (d) writed
8. 8.___ you clean the room two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
10. 10.You did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
11. 11.She did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runs (b) running (c) run (d) ran
12. 12.You ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) will feed (c) feeded (d) fed
13. 13.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
14. 14.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
15. 15.My brother ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) took (c) takes (d) will take
16. 16.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) worn (d) weared
17. 17.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawn (c) drew (d) drawed
18. 18.He ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eats (b) eated (c) will eat (d) ate
19. 19.You ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) weared (c) wear (d) will wear
20. 20.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
21. 21.Ananya ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carries (b) has carried (c) carried (d) will carry
22. 22.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
23. 23.I ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
24. 24.___ I wear a cap yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.We ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) build (b) builded (c) will build (d) built
26. 26.We ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) study (c) have studied (d) will study
27. 27.___ you throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.___ they wash the dishes last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
29. 29.You ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) will jog (d) jogged
30. 30.We ___ the match yesterday. (a) win (b) won (c) winned (d) will win
31. 31.Nisha ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) will clean
32. 32.___ he tell a story yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.My brother did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) baking
34. 34.___ we run in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
35. 35.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drinking
36. 36.Myra ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eats (b) eated (c) will eat (d) ate
37. 37.I did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) fed
38. 38.Rahul did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) playing (c) played (d) plays
39. 39.I did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
40. 40.Rahul ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) studies (c) has studied (d) will study

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