Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 465 · 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 “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drunk
2. 2.Manav did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
3. 3.Isha ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sends (c) sended (d) will send
4. 4.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
5. 5.My sister ___ to school yesterday. (a) goes (b) went (c) will go (d) goed
6. 6.___ he swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
7. 7.Farhan ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watched (c) will watch (d) has watched
8. 8.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
9. 9.We did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) playing (b) play (c) played (d) plays
10. 10.Manav ___ a cake last week. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) has baked (d) baked
11. 11.___ she ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
12. 12.___ my friends clap for the team in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
13. 13.Karan did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rides (b) ride (c) rode (d) riding
14. 14.You did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
15. 15.They ___ the train yesterday. (a) took (b) take (c) taked (d) will take
16. 16.Kabir did not ___ rice last week. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cooked
17. 17.My sister did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watching (b) watched (c) watch (d) watches
18. 18.___ you climb a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.___ Isha speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
20. 20.___ he eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
21. 21.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) runned (d) ran
22. 22.___ they plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.Isha ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studies
24. 24.___ Meera watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
26. 26.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drawing
27. 27.They ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) have jogged (d) will jog
28. 28.___ Rahul make tea in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
29. 29.You ___ the ball two days ago. (a) will throw (b) throw (c) threw (d) throwed
30. 30.___ Aditya send a message yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
31. 31.___ we clap for the team two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.___ she cook rice yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.You did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbed
34. 34.Kunal ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buys (b) buyed (c) bought (d) will buy
35. 35.We did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flies (b) flying (c) flew (d) fly
36. 36.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
37. 37.The children ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speak (b) will speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
38. 38.They ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throw (d) will throw
39. 39.We did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
40. 40.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate

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