Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 386 · 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.He did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catching (b) catch (c) caught (d) catches
2. 2.___ she bake a cake in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
3. 3.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) threw
4. 4.We did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
5. 5.Kabir ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flyed (b) flies (c) flew (d) will fly
6. 6.___ my sister clap for the team yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
7. 7.Rohan did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches (d) watched
8. 8.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) wore (d) weared
9. 9.Priya did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) played
10. 10.___ Riya feed the dog yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
11. 11.Aditya ___ a kite in 2023. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) flies (d) flew
12. 12.She ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) maked (c) made (d) will make
13. 13.She did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) going (b) go (c) goes (d) went
14. 14.You did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbed (d) climbs
15. 15.Vivaan did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogs
16. 16.He ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sended (b) sends (c) sent (d) will send
17. 17.You ___ a story last Sunday. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) tell (d) told
18. 18.___ my brother drink milk in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
19. 19.Myra ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) has played (c) played (d) will play
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) writed (d) wrote
21. 21.___ I go to school yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
22. 22.The students did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) told
23. 23.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eated
24. 24.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) spoke
25. 25.They ___ the ball last week. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catched (d) will catch
26. 26.My sister ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched
27. 27.I ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) catched (c) will catch (d) caught
28. 28.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) goed (d) went
29. 29.___ she fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
31. 31.We ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) build (b) built (c) will build (d) builded
32. 32.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
33. 33.We ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) help (b) helped (c) will help (d) have helped
34. 34.___ Zoya speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
35. 35.Aisha ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleans (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) will clean
36. 36.I did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) build (b) building (c) built (d) builds
37. 37.I ___ milk yesterday. (a) drink (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drank
38. 38.___ my brother drink milk last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
39. 39.___ they wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched

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