Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 220 · 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 bring lunch yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
2. 2.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwing
3. 3.___ he go to school yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
4. 4.___ I help Grandma last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
5. 5.You ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) have sung (d) sing
6. 6.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drinked
7. 7.My cousins did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
8. 8.My cousins ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eat (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eated
9. 9.They ___ a kite two days ago. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) flew (d) will fly
10. 10.Kavya did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) won (b) wins (c) winning (d) win
11. 11.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) taking (d) took
12. 12.___ Arjun carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.___ I climb a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.They ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) have cooked
15. 15.We did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buying (c) buys (d) buy
16. 16.Priya ___ the match in 2023. (a) will win (b) winned (c) won (d) wins
17. 17.My brother did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooking
18. 18.I ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) have watched (b) will watch (c) watch (d) watched
19. 19.___ Myra bring lunch two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
20. 20.___ we take the train last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
22. 22.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
23. 23.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) ate (d) eated
24. 24.___ we bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
25. 25.___ I ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
26. 26.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
27. 27.Ananya ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) jogs (d) has jogged
28. 28.The children ___ a picture two days ago. (a) will draw (b) drew (c) draw (d) drawed
29. 29.We ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) have carried (b) will carry (c) carried (d) carry
30. 30.___ he build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
31. 31.She did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clapped
32. 32.___ we clap for the team two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.He did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) took (c) taking (d) take
34. 34.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) going (c) goed (d) gone
35. 35.Karan did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) goes (b) went (c) going (d) go
36. 36.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) runned (d) running
37. 37.We ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rided (b) rode (c) will ride (d) ride
38. 38.He ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) will swim
39. 39.We ___ a cake yesterday. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) bake (d) will bake
40. 40.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wearing (d) wore

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