Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 244 · 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 “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eated
2. 2.___ I go to school in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
3. 3.___ she drink milk in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
4. 4.We did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flew (b) flying (c) flies (d) fly
5. 5.They did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaned
6. 6.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) threw (d) thrown
7. 7.He ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) has washed (b) will wash (c) washed (d) washes
8. 8.You did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) sing (c) singing (d) sang
9. 9.My parents ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) jogged
10. 10.I ___ a message yesterday. (a) will send (b) sended (c) send (d) sent
11. 11.___ you throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) runned (d) run
13. 13.___ she dance on the stage last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) goed (d) going
15. 15.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) writed (d) written
16. 16.He ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sent (c) will send (d) sended
17. 17.Arjun ___ to school yesterday. (a) will go (b) goed (c) goes (d) went
18. 18.___ Nisha drink milk last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
19. 19.You ___ a story last week. (a) tell (b) telled (c) told (d) will tell
20. 20.___ she climb a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
21. 21.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flew
22. 22.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drawing
23. 23.I ___ in the park last week. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) jogged
24. 24.My parents ___ the room two days ago. (a) will clean (b) clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
25. 25.___ we study science last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
26. 26.Karan did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
27. 27.___ you study science last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
28. 28.They ___ a song in 2023. (a) will sing (b) sing (c) have sung (d) sang
29. 29.You ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) will dance (b) dance (c) have danced (d) danced
30. 30.___ the students dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
32. 32.He ___ a cap last week. (a) weared (b) wore (c) will wear (d) wears
33. 33.The children ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builded (b) will build (c) built (d) build
34. 34.___ Karan win the match in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.She ___ the train last week. (a) taked (b) will take (c) took (d) takes
36. 36.Dev did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cooks
37. 37.___ I fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.Meera did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plants (b) planted (c) plant (d) planting
39. 39.We ___ in the park last week. (a) have jogged (b) jog (c) jogged (d) will jog
40. 40.We ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) bake (c) have baked (d) baked

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