Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 243 · 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 “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawn
2. 2.My brother did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) making (b) made (c) make (d) makes
3. 3.Aisha did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogged
4. 4.My brother ___ the train two days ago. (a) will take (b) took (c) taked (d) takes
5. 5.He ___ the train two days ago. (a) will take (b) takes (c) taked (d) took
6. 6.You ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) will buy (b) buyed (c) bought (d) buy
7. 7.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
8. 8.You ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) build (b) will build (c) built (d) builded
9. 9.I did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) ran (b) run (c) running (d) runs
10. 10.___ Myra bake a cake in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
11. 11.___ we watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
12. 12.___ I ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
13. 13.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drinking
14. 14.They ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drinked (d) drank
15. 15.We ___ a cake two days ago. (a) will bake (b) bake (c) have baked (d) baked
16. 16.Ira ___ the room yesterday. (a) has cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleans (d) cleaned
17. 17.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
18. 18.He did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helping (b) helps (c) help (d) helped
19. 19.You did not ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
20. 20.We ___ to school two days ago. (a) went (b) go (c) goed (d) will go
21. 21.You did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
22. 22.The students ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
23. 23.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flew (d) flyed
24. 24.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
25. 25.___ Ishaan watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.I ___ the ball in 2023. (a) caught (b) catched (c) will catch (d) catch
27. 27.We ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) bake (d) have baked
28. 28.My friends ___ the dishes last week. (a) will wash (b) have washed (c) washed (d) wash
29. 29.My sister ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builded (b) builds (c) will build (d) built
30. 30.___ my brother drink milk last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
31. 31.The students ___ a kite in 2023. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) flew (d) will fly
32. 32.___ you fly a kite last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
33. 33.You did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) flew
34. 34.The children ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) will go (c) goed (d) go
35. 35.We did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) studied
36. 36.They did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) playing (c) plays (d) played
37. 37.You did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) told (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
38. 38.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swimming
39. 39.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
40. 40.___ Kavya watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was

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