Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 380 · 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 “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) threw (d) throwing
2. 2.___ he watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
3. 3.They did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throw (c) throwing (d) throws
4. 4.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
5. 5.My sister did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogged
6. 6.___ we wear a cap last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
7. 7.We ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) will run (c) run (d) runned
8. 8.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drew (d) drawing
9. 9.He did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) built
10. 10.He ___ rice two days ago. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) cooked
11. 11.Dev did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) watched
12. 12.She ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) will dance (c) danced (d) has danced
13. 13.She did not ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) send (c) sends (d) sending
14. 14.We did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
15. 15.Aarav ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) will swim
16. 16.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
17. 17.___ Diya feed the dog yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.___ we buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
19. 19.___ Isha dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
20. 20.He ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) will buy (b) buyed (c) buys (d) bought
21. 21.You ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) have baked (c) bake (d) baked
22. 22.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) ate (d) eating
23. 23.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinking
24. 24.Manav ___ a story last week. (a) telled (b) tells (c) will tell (d) told
25. 25.___ Riya clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.She ___ the train yesterday. (a) will take (b) takes (c) taked (d) took
27. 27.She ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buys (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buyed
28. 28.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taken (c) taking (d) taked
29. 29.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
30. 30.Dev ___ a cap two days ago. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wears (d) wore
31. 31.Riya ___ a song yesterday. (a) has sung (b) sings (c) will sing (d) sang
32. 32.They ___ a kite in 2023. (a) will fly (b) fly (c) flyed (d) flew
33. 33.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
34. 34.We ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) have planted (c) will plant (d) planted
35. 35.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
36. 36.He ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) bought (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) buys
37. 37.They ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) will go (c) goed (d) went
38. 38.___ she make tea two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.You did not ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) took (c) takes (d) taking
40. 40.___ Myra buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did

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