Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 198 · 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.She ___ a story yesterday. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) tells (d) told
2. 2.You ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) will eat
3. 3.My friends did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goes (b) go (c) went (d) going
4. 4.My brother did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take (d) took
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimmed
6. 6.We ___ the match in 2023. (a) win (b) will win (c) won (d) winned
7. 7.I ___ the room in 2023. (a) will clean (b) have cleaned (c) cleaned (d) clean
8. 8.___ my cousins throw the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
9. 9.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
10. 10.Aisha ___ a song last Sunday. (a) has sung (b) will sing (c) sang (d) sings
11. 11.I did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studies (c) studied (d) studying
12. 12.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drunk
13. 13.Riya ___ the train last week. (a) taked (b) takes (c) took (d) will take
14. 14.___ we study science last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
15. 15.The students ___ a tree last week. (a) plant (b) will plant (c) have planted (d) planted
16. 16.___ my parents throw the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
17. 17.___ we take the train last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
18. 18.My parents ___ on the stage last week. (a) have danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dance
19. 19.My cousins did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helps (c) helped (d) helping
20. 20.___ they feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
22. 22.___ we write a letter yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
23. 23.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
24. 24.He ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eats (b) eated (c) will eat (d) ate
25. 25.___ my parents dance on the stage last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
26. 26.My sister ___ a letter last week. (a) will write (b) writes (c) writed (d) wrote
27. 27.We did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clap (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clapped
28. 28.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
29. 29.___ they bring lunch two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
30. 30.___ my brother throw the ball last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
31. 31.Dev ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runned (b) runs (c) ran (d) will run
32. 32.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
33. 33.She ___ the ball last week. (a) throwed (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throws
34. 34.Nisha ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) has cleaned (c) will clean (d) cleaned
35. 35.You ___ lunch yesterday. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) bring
36. 36.You did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) throw (d) threw
37. 37.I ___ Hindi last week. (a) speak (b) speaked (c) will speak (d) spoke
38. 38.I ___ tea yesterday. (a) maked (b) will make (c) made (d) make
39. 39.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
40. 40.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended

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