Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 38 · 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 “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
2. 2.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
3. 3.He did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eating (b) eats (c) eat (d) ate
4. 4.We did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) drew (c) drawing (d) draws
5. 5.___ they write a letter yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
6. 6.My sister did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carry (d) carries
7. 7.Farhan did not ___ a mango last week. (a) ate (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
8. 8.___ we bring lunch in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.My parents did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) riding (b) rides (c) ride (d) rode
10. 10.___ my friends take the train last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
11. 11.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
12. 12.Tara ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) has watched (b) watched (c) watches (d) will watch
13. 13.Meera did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) jogging
14. 14.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
15. 15.My friends did not ___ science last week. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) studied
16. 16.She ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooks (b) will cook (c) has cooked (d) cooked
17. 17.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) runned (d) ran
18. 18.She ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) has carried (b) carried (c) will carry (d) carries
19. 19.Manav ___ tea last week. (a) will make (b) maked (c) made (d) makes
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writed
21. 21.___ the children climb a tree in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
22. 22.___ my friends write a letter last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
23. 23.You ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) have watched (c) will watch (d) watch
24. 24.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flown (d) flyed
25. 25.___ Kavya feed the dog last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
26. 26.You did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) washing (c) washes (d) wash
27. 27.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drank
28. 28.He ___ the ball last week. (a) will catch (b) catches (c) catched (d) caught
29. 29.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam
30. 30.I ___ cricket yesterday. (a) have played (b) play (c) will play (d) played
31. 31.I ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
32. 32.The students ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) bake (d) will bake
33. 33.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) took (d) taked
34. 34.___ he catch the ball last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
35. 35.Arjun ___ a message last week. (a) will send (b) sent (c) sended (d) sends
36. 36.___ he sing a song last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
37. 37.___ my sister clean the room in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
38. 38.___ my parents swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
39. 39.You ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) have baked (c) bake (d) will bake
40. 40.___ you fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do

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