Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 327 · 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.He ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) has planted
2. 2.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
3. 3.___ Kavya cook rice two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
4. 4.___ my parents draw a picture two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
5. 5.He did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) building (c) build (d) builds
6. 6.___ I watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
8. 8.She did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taking (b) take (c) took (d) takes
9. 9.My sister ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watched (b) watches (c) has watched (d) will watch
10. 10.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
11. 11.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rode (c) rided (d) riding
12. 12.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
13. 13.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinking
14. 14.She ___ a song yesterday. (a) has sung (b) sings (c) sang (d) will sing
15. 15.She ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) cooks (c) has cooked (d) cooked
16. 16.He did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) swam
17. 17.___ you plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.You ___ in the pool last week. (a) swim (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) will swim
19. 19.___ I watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
20. 20.They did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) building (c) builds (d) build
21. 21.She ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swims (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
22. 22.They ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drew (b) drawed (c) draw (d) will draw
23. 23.My parents ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) will buy (b) buy (c) bought (d) buyed
24. 24.She ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) has cleaned (c) will clean (d) cleaned
25. 25.___ he throw the ball yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
26. 26.___ he plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.___ the students wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
28. 28.He ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washed
29. 29.You did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runs
30. 30.You ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked
31. 31.You did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
32. 32.Aarav did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brings (d) brought
33. 33.They ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) will run
34. 34.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
35. 35.Vivaan ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) will throw (b) threw (c) throws (d) throwed
36. 36.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eating (d) eated
37. 37.We ___ a cartoon last week. (a) have watched (b) watch (c) watched (d) will watch
38. 38.I ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) help (b) helped (c) have helped (d) will help
39. 39.They did not ___ a message last week. (a) send (b) sent (c) sending (d) sends
40. 40.___ they go to school two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does

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