Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 449 · 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.She did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baked
2. 2.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
3. 3.My brother ___ to school last Sunday. (a) went (b) goed (c) goes (d) will go
4. 4.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
5. 5.___ you feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
6. 6.___ I help Grandma two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
7. 7.He ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) studied (c) has studied (d) will study
8. 8.She ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runs (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned
9. 9.___ my cousins study science two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.He ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flies (b) flyed (c) flew (d) will fly
11. 11.He did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washes (d) washed
12. 12.___ they go to school last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) rided (c) riding (d) ridden
14. 14.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writed
15. 15.My sister ___ a message last week. (a) will send (b) sent (c) sended (d) sends
16. 16.___ he clean the room yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.My brother ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swims (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
18. 18.My brother did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rode (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
19. 19.Zoya ___ a song yesterday. (a) has sung (b) sang (c) will sing (d) sings
20. 20.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drinking
21. 21.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
22. 22.They did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
23. 23.___ he throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
24. 24.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) going (c) goed (d) gone
25. 25.He ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) has washed (c) will wash (d) washed
26. 26.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimmed
27. 27.Ira did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sang (d) sing
28. 28.___ my sister catch the ball last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
29. 29.___ he make tea yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.My brother did not ___ a song last week. (a) sings (b) sing (c) sang (d) singing
31. 31.Aditya ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) will swim (b) swims (c) swimmed (d) swam
32. 32.My parents did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
33. 33.We did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
34. 34.The students ___ a message in 2023. (a) sended (b) sent (c) will send (d) send
35. 35.Neel ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) will ride (c) rided (d) rides
36. 36.My parents ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
37. 37.He did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drank
38. 38.We ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) played (c) have played (d) will play
39. 39.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) threw (d) thrown
40. 40.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched

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