Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 236 · 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 “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
2. 2.We did not ___ the match last week. (a) win (b) won (c) wins (d) winning
3. 3.Aisha ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catched (c) catches (d) will catch
4. 4.My parents did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sends (b) send (c) sent (d) sending
5. 5.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
6. 6.My cousins ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throwed (d) will throw
7. 7.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawing
8. 8.The students ___ cricket last week. (a) have played (b) play (c) played (d) will play
9. 9.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flew (d) flying
10. 10.She did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flies (b) flying (c) flew (d) fly
11. 11.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
12. 12.My sister ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) has washed (b) will wash (c) washed (d) washes
13. 13.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sing (b) will sing (c) sang (d) have sung
14. 14.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wore (d) wearing
15. 15.___ the children plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.___ Riya dance on the stage last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
17. 17.You ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) will throw (b) threw (c) throw (d) throwed
18. 18.My parents did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) going (b) goes (c) go (d) went
19. 19.He did not ___ the train last week. (a) takes (b) took (c) take (d) taking
20. 20.She ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brings (b) brought (c) will bring (d) bringed
21. 21.___ we carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
22. 22.You ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sing (d) sang
23. 23.I ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) will watch
24. 24.You did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catches (b) catching (c) caught (d) catch
25. 25.He ___ tea two days ago. (a) makes (b) made (c) will make (d) maked
26. 26.We ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) danced (c) have danced (d) will dance
27. 27.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) rided (c) ridden (d) riding
28. 28.___ my sister fly a kite yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
29. 29.I did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) help (c) helping (d) helps
30. 30.He ___ a story last week. (a) telled (b) tells (c) will tell (d) told
31. 31.He did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
32. 32.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drunk
33. 33.She did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jogged
34. 34.The children ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) have cleaned (d) clean
35. 35.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
36. 36.You did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) watches (c) watching (d) watched
37. 37.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimming
38. 38.He did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooking
39. 39.She ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brought (b) brings (c) will bring (d) bringed
40. 40.___ you take the train last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did

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