Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 338 · 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 “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) written (d) writed
2. 2.Farhan ___ milk last week. (a) drank (b) will drink (c) drinks (d) drinked
3. 3.I ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swim (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swimmed
4. 4.We did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writes (b) writing (c) wrote (d) write
5. 5.They ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) watch
6. 6.We ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeded (b) feed (c) fed (d) will feed
7. 7.My sister ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimmed (b) swims (c) swam (d) will swim
8. 8.You ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builded (b) will build (c) build (d) built
9. 9.___ we watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.They ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) will buy (b) buyed (c) buy (d) bought
11. 11.I ___ vegetables last week. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buy
12. 12.Aisha did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played (d) playing
13. 13.___ Rahul draw a picture yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
14. 14.My parents did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) takes (c) took (d) taking
15. 15.You did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaks
16. 16.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) ran (d) running
17. 17.You did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) sang
18. 18.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drunk
19. 19.Kavya did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooked
20. 20.You ___ the train yesterday. (a) taked (b) will take (c) take (d) took
21. 21.You ___ a letter in 2023. (a) will write (b) writed (c) write (d) wrote
22. 22.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) took (d) taked
23. 23.We did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogging
24. 24.Aisha did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drew (d) drawing
25. 25.I ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) have carried (d) carry
26. 26.They did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wore (b) wearing (c) wears (d) wear
27. 27.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) spoken
28. 28.___ he drink milk last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
29. 29.We ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) will dance (b) have danced (c) danced (d) dance
30. 30.Pooja ___ a tree in 2023. (a) will plant (b) has planted (c) planted (d) plants
31. 31.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
32. 32.We did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
33. 33.___ the children catch the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.___ they wash the dishes last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
35. 35.She ___ the ball last week. (a) catches (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catched
36. 36.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
37. 37.___ they drink milk last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
38. 38.The students ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flyed (b) will fly (c) flew (d) fly
39. 39.I ___ cricket last week. (a) will play (b) play (c) have played (d) played
40. 40.Priya ___ the room last week. (a) has cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) cleans

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