Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 209 · 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.He ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) will plant (c) has planted (d) planted
2. 2.Sneha ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) has cleaned (d) cleans
3. 3.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) spoken
4. 4.___ she swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
5. 5.You did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) cleaning
6. 6.We ___ the dishes last week. (a) will wash (b) washed (c) wash (d) have washed
7. 7.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drawn
8. 8.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) worn (c) weared (d) wore
9. 9.She ___ a message last Sunday. (a) will send (b) sent (c) sends (d) sended
10. 10.Pooja did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) send (c) sent (d) sending
11. 11.I ___ a song in 2023. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) have sung (d) sing
12. 12.He did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throws (d) throwing
13. 13.Aarav did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) flew
14. 14.They did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
15. 15.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drunk
16. 16.Zoya ___ the room last week. (a) will clean (b) cleans (c) has cleaned (d) cleaned
17. 17.My brother ___ the dishes last week. (a) will wash (b) has washed (c) washes (d) washed
18. 18.I ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catch
19. 19.I did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watch (b) watched (c) watching (d) watches
20. 20.___ we draw a picture yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
21. 21.___ you climb a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
22. 22.The students ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) play (c) will play (d) have played
23. 23.They did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
24. 24.I ___ a message last Sunday. (a) send (b) will send (c) sent (d) sended
25. 25.You ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) have washed (c) will wash (d) wash
26. 26.Diya did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) studied
27. 27.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
28. 28.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
29. 29.Manav did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched (d) watching
30. 30.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) jog (d) have jogged
31. 31.The students ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) study (d) will study
32. 32.They did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
33. 33.Aisha ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) has cooked (d) cooks
34. 34.They ___ vegetables last week. (a) buy (b) buyed (c) will buy (d) bought
35. 35.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
36. 36.She did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogged (d) jogs
37. 37.___ he run in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
38. 38.Omkar ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) builded (c) will build (d) builds
39. 39.Ira ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) runned (c) will run (d) runs
40. 40.He ___ the match last week. (a) wins (b) won (c) will win (d) winned

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