Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 383 · 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.I ___ a message two days ago. (a) send (b) sended (c) will send (d) sent
2. 2.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taking (d) taken
3. 3.I ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) drew (d) draw
4. 4.They did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) draws (d) drew
5. 5.___ I dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
6. 6.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
7. 7.My brother did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) dance (c) dancing (d) dances
8. 8.___ we play cricket last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
9. 9.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) running
10. 10.Neel ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has climbed (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) will climb
11. 11.___ she speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
12. 12.I ___ the match yesterday. (a) win (b) won (c) winned (d) will win
13. 13.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
14. 14.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
15. 15.He did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) planted (c) plant (d) planting
16. 16.___ I draw a picture in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
17. 17.You ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) will clap (c) clap (d) have clapped
18. 18.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drunk
19. 19.Arjun did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) play (b) playing (c) played (d) plays
20. 20.They ___ a mango yesterday. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) eat (d) ate
21. 21.___ he take the train last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
22. 22.My brother ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogs (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) has jogged
23. 23.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
24. 24.The students ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eated (b) eat (c) ate (d) will eat
25. 25.Nisha ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) will build (b) built (c) builds (d) builded
26. 26.___ they speak Hindi last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.___ I study science yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
28. 28.He ___ a message two days ago. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sended (d) will send
29. 29.I did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builds (b) built (c) build (d) building
30. 30.Myra ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catches
31. 31.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
32. 32.___ we study science yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
33. 33.___ Arjun run in the park in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
34. 34.I did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drew (b) draw (c) drawing (d) draws
35. 35.I ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) have carried (c) carry (d) carried
36. 36.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
37. 37.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
38. 38.Aditya did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) fed
39. 39.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
40. 40.He ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catches

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