Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 265 · 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.___ we wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.I ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) will bring
3. 3.___ we climb a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
5. 5.My sister ___ Grandma last week. (a) will help (b) helped (c) has helped (d) helps
6. 6.My brother ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runned (b) runs (c) will run (d) ran
7. 7.She did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) planting (c) planted (d) plant
8. 8.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) jog
9. 9.He did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swim (d) swam
10. 10.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
11. 11.You ___ the train last Sunday. (a) take (b) took (c) will take (d) taked
12. 12.___ you ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
13. 13.They did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogged
14. 14.You did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) building (c) build (d) builds
15. 15.She ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) will swim (b) swims (c) swimmed (d) swam
16. 16.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) gone (d) going
17. 17.My friends ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) will plant (c) planted (d) have planted
18. 18.___ we jog in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
19. 19.___ he watch a cartoon last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
20. 20.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
21. 21.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eated (d) eating
22. 22.We ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eated (b) ate (c) eat (d) will eat
23. 23.She did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) throw (d) threw
24. 24.___ she plant a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.___ she plant a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.They ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) jog (c) will jog (d) jogged
27. 27.We ___ Grandma last week. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) helped (d) help
28. 28.We ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) have carried (c) carry (d) will carry
29. 29.The students ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will run (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
30. 30.___ they wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
31. 31.___ you dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
32. 32.___ I study science two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.We ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) planted (c) will plant (d) have planted
34. 34.___ my brother throw the ball yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
35. 35.They did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wearing (d) wear
36. 36.___ my brother clean the room last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
37. 37.They ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) carried (c) have carried (d) will carry
38. 38.My friends ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swim
39. 39.I ___ the bag two days ago. (a) have carried (b) will carry (c) carried (d) carry
40. 40.They did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catch (d) catching

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