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Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 318 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.You ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) send (c) sended (d) will send
  2. 2.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
  3. 3.We ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) take (c) took (d) will take
  4. 4.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
  5. 5.She did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
  6. 6.Riya did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bring (d) brings
  7. 7.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
  8. 8.The children ___ a mango in 2023. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eat (d) eated
  9. 9.I did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) ran (c) runs (d) running
  10. 10.___ they sing a song two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
  11. 11.We ___ to school last week. (a) go (b) goed (c) went (d) will go
  12. 12.___ she watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
  13. 13.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throwed (d) thrown
  14. 14.We did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
  15. 15.We did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) winning (c) wins (d) win
  16. 16.They ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feed (d) feeded
  17. 17.___ she make tea in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
  18. 18.She ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will climb (b) climbs (c) has climbed (d) climbed
  19. 19.They ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) will take (c) took (d) taked
  20. 20.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) ate (d) eaten
  21. 21.He did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) danced
  22. 22.___ the students bring lunch two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
  23. 23.You ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
  24. 24.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) have played (c) play (d) will play
  25. 25.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taking (c) taked (d) taken
  26. 26.___ he cook rice last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
  27. 27.My friends did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched (d) watching
  28. 28.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
  29. 29.They ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watched
  30. 30.Kabir did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washes (b) washed (c) wash (d) washing
  31. 31.He ___ to school yesterday. (a) goed (b) went (c) goes (d) will go
  32. 32.___ he cook rice yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
  33. 33.Manav ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writed (b) wrote (c) writes (d) will write
  34. 34.The children ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bring (b) will bring (c) brought (d) bringed
  35. 35.He ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) will bring (d) brings
  36. 36.I did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) clap (d) claps
  37. 37.___ you clean the room last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
  38. 38.My brother did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draw (b) drew (c) draws (d) drawing
  39. 39.We ___ tea two days ago. (a) maked (b) will make (c) made (d) make
  40. 40.You ___ milk yesterday. (a) will drink (b) drink (c) drank (d) drinked

Answer key

  1. sent
  2. fed
  3. took
  4. bought
  5. swim
  6. bring
  7. sent
  8. ate
  9. run
  10. Did
  11. went
  12. Did
  13. threw
  14. jog
  15. win
  16. fed
  17. Did
  18. climbed
  19. took
  20. ate
  21. dance
  22. Did
  23. swam
  24. played
  25. took
  26. Did
  27. watch
  28. caught
  29. watched
  30. wash
  31. went
  32. Did
  33. wrote
  34. brought
  35. brought
  36. clap
  37. Did
  38. draw
  39. made
  40. drank

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