Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 19 · 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.Tara ___ the ball last week. (a) threw (b) throws (c) will throw (d) throwed
2. 2.She did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cooked
3. 3.He did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) make (c) makes (d) making
4. 4.We ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watch (b) watched (c) will watch (d) have watched
5. 5.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) goed (c) gone (d) going
6. 6.I did not ___ lunch last week. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) brought (d) bring
7. 7.Meera ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinked (b) drinks (c) will drink (d) drank
8. 8.My sister ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) will swim (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swims
9. 9.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) speaked
10. 10.We did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) draws (d) drew
11. 11.We did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) caught
12. 12.Sneha ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) will buy (b) buys (c) buyed (d) bought
13. 13.___ the students build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
14. 14.___ you wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
15. 15.He ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runned (b) will run (c) ran (d) runs
16. 16.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) weared (d) worn
17. 17.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swimming (d) swum
18. 18.___ we sing a song in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
19. 19.You ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climb (b) climbed (c) will climb (d) have climbed
20. 20.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
21. 21.Ira ___ the bag last week. (a) will carry (b) carries (c) has carried (d) carried
22. 22.We ___ a cake yesterday. (a) have baked (b) will bake (c) bake (d) baked
23. 23.You ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawed (b) drew (c) will draw (d) draw
24. 24.___ my parents drink milk two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
25. 25.I did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
26. 26.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
27. 27.She ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched
28. 28.Riya did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
29. 29.The children ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flyed (b) fly (c) flew (d) will fly
30. 30.He did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brings
31. 31.___ I clap for the team in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
32. 32.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
33. 33.You ___ a song yesterday. (a) sing (b) sang (c) will sing (d) have sung
34. 34.The children did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
35. 35.She ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) will write (d) writes
36. 36.They did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flew (d) flying
37. 37.You ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) will watch
38. 38.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) eated (d) ate
39. 39.___ she eat a mango yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
40. 40.They ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) plant (c) will plant (d) have planted

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