Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 411 · 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 “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
2. 2.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) going (c) gone (d) goed
3. 3.Kunal ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) will throw (c) throwed (d) throws
4. 4.We did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) planted
5. 5.You did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapped (d) clapping
6. 6.___ she catch the ball in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
7. 7.We ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) have clapped (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) clap
8. 8.They did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbed (d) climbs
9. 9.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
10. 10.He did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) running (b) ran (c) runs (d) run
11. 11.___ my brother make tea in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swum
13. 13.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) rided (d) riding
14. 14.He ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) watched (d) has watched
15. 15.I did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) took (b) taking (c) take (d) takes
16. 16.___ they make tea yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
17. 17.You ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telled (b) tell (c) told (d) will tell
18. 18.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawing
19. 19.___ they wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
21. 21.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
22. 22.You did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) building (b) built (c) build (d) builds
23. 23.We ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) have carried (d) carried
24. 24.___ Priya send a message last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
25. 25.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) ran (d) run
26. 26.___ you throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
27. 27.My sister ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) has jogged (c) will jog (d) jogs
28. 28.The students did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
29. 29.___ you swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
30. 30.My sister ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writed (b) writes (c) will write (d) wrote
31. 31.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flying (d) flew
32. 32.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaked
33. 33.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) writing (d) wrote
34. 34.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
35. 35.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
36. 36.She did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogging
37. 37.My sister ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) will jog (c) has jogged (d) jogged
38. 38.I did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) make (b) made (c) makes (d) making
39. 39.___ we plant a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
40. 40.We ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) have cleaned (d) clean

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