Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 395 · 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 “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
2. 2.He did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) ran
3. 3.I ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
4. 4.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
5. 5.___ he write a letter yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
6. 6.___ I clean the room last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
7. 7.I ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rided (b) will ride (c) rode (d) ride
8. 8.Kabir did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) win (c) won (d) winning
9. 9.They did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dances
10. 10.___ they sing a song last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
11. 11.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked
12. 12.___ I tell a story two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
13. 13.We did not ___ a story last week. (a) tell (b) telling (c) told (d) tells
14. 14.Vivaan did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
15. 15.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawing (c) drawed (d) drawn
16. 16.___ Ira cook rice last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.They did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) making (c) make (d) makes
18. 18.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
19. 19.___ Karan drink milk two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
20. 20.We ___ Hindi last week. (a) speak (b) will speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
21. 21.___ he play cricket in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
22. 22.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) written (d) writing
23. 23.Neel ___ on the stage last week. (a) dances (b) danced (c) will dance (d) has danced
24. 24.They did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) making (b) made (c) makes (d) make
25. 25.He ___ rice last week. (a) will cook (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) has cooked
26. 26.I ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watch
27. 27.___ Manav draw a picture last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
28. 28.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) runned (d) run
29. 29.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
30. 30.___ Farhan swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
32. 32.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) worn (d) weared
33. 33.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flew
34. 34.___ Arjun take the train two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.She did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sing (b) singing (c) sang (d) sings
36. 36.We did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) took
37. 37.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) gone (d) going
38. 38.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climb (b) will climb (c) have climbed (d) climbed
39. 39.___ we send a message last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
40. 40.You did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) told

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