Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 31 · 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 “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drunk
2. 2.They ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eated (d) will eat
3. 3.___ he study science last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.We ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throwed
5. 5.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
6. 6.I ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) will run
7. 7.Kunal did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) taking (c) took (d) take
8. 8.My parents did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flew (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
9. 9.I ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) have cleaned
10. 10.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) writed (c) wrote (d) written
11. 11.___ you tell a story in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
12. 12.You ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watched (d) watch
13. 13.My sister did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) playing (c) played (d) plays
14. 14.We ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) drank (c) will drink (d) drinked
15. 15.They did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) bought
16. 16.___ I clap for the team two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
17. 17.We ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catch (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catched
18. 18.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wore (c) wearing (d) weared
19. 19.Ananya ___ a message two days ago. (a) will send (b) sends (c) sended (d) sent
20. 20.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
21. 21.Omkar did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telling (b) tell (c) tells (d) told
22. 22.Aarav did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bring (b) brought (c) brings (d) bringing
23. 23.We ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) played (c) have played (d) will play
24. 24.___ he dance on the stage last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
25. 25.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
26. 26.Riya ___ a tree last week. (a) climbed (b) will climb (c) has climbed (d) climbs
27. 27.We did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) build (c) building (d) builds
28. 28.___ Aarav swim in the pool last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
29. 29.___ you take the train last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
30. 30.___ they throw the ball yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
31. 31.He did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) send (b) sends (c) sent (d) sending
32. 32.___ Neel feed the dog yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
33. 33.Aisha ___ the match in 2023. (a) won (b) wins (c) winned (d) will win
34. 34.___ you clap for the team in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
35. 35.You ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
36. 36.They ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) eat (d) eated
37. 37.The students ___ to school last Sunday. (a) went (b) will go (c) go (d) goed
38. 38.___ they bring lunch yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
39. 39.They ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) help (d) helped
40. 40.We did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cook

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