Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 328 · 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 drink milk yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
2. 2.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
3. 3.They ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
4. 4.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drinking
5. 5.___ I help Grandma two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
6. 6.___ my cousins send a message two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
7. 7.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) ridden (d) rided
8. 8.We ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throw (b) threw (c) will throw (d) throwed
9. 9.They ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) will write (d) write
10. 10.I ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bake (b) will bake (c) baked (d) have baked
11. 11.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
12. 12.You did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washed (d) washes
13. 13.Zoya ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will run (b) runned (c) runs (d) ran
14. 14.He did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wears (d) wear
15. 15.They did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eating (b) eats (c) ate (d) eat
16. 16.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
17. 17.My brother did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) tell (c) told (d) telling
18. 18.They did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) told
19. 19.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) wore (d) weared
20. 20.I ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) have cooked (c) will cook (d) cooked
21. 21.I ___ a cake last week. (a) will bake (b) have baked (c) bake (d) baked
22. 22.We ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) write
23. 23.___ Diya wear a cap yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
24. 24.___ they jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
25. 25.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaked
26. 26.He did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planting (b) plants (c) planted (d) plant
27. 27.___ I bake a cake two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
28. 28.We ___ a tree last week. (a) plant (b) will plant (c) planted (d) have planted
29. 29.___ we help Grandma two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
31. 31.They did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) watched
32. 32.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) went (d) going
33. 33.He ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) planted (c) will plant (d) has planted
34. 34.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam
35. 35.___ he carry the bag yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drew
37. 37.___ he send a message last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
38. 38.Rohan ___ the match two days ago. (a) wins (b) will win (c) winned (d) won
39. 39.Pooja ___ the train in 2023. (a) takes (b) took (c) will take (d) taked
40. 40.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) took (d) taken

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