Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 49 · 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.I ___ the train last Sunday. (a) will take (b) taked (c) took (d) take
2. 2.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
3. 3.___ you drink milk last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.My friends did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) cleans
5. 5.My cousins ___ a kite two days ago. (a) fly (b) flew (c) will fly (d) flyed
6. 6.I did not ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) drew
7. 7.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) have jogged (b) jogged (c) jog (d) will jog
8. 8.They did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catching (d) catch
9. 9.We ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) have washed (b) washed (c) wash (d) will wash
10. 10.He ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) rode (c) rided (d) will ride
11. 11.___ he take the train in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
12. 12.I did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
13. 13.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
14. 14.My brother did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
15. 15.He did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throws (b) throw (c) throwing (d) threw
16. 16.Myra ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will run (b) ran (c) runned (d) runs
17. 17.She did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) making (b) make (c) made (d) makes
18. 18.___ he write a letter last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
19. 19.The children ___ a story last Sunday. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) telled (d) told
20. 20.He did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
21. 21.___ we watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
22. 22.We ___ a story last week. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) told (d) telled
23. 23.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) took (c) taking (d) taked
24. 24.___ my brother clap for the team yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) running (d) ran
26. 26.They did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
27. 27.___ we wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
28. 28.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wore (c) worn (d) wearing
29. 29.You did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapped
30. 30.We ___ for the team yesterday. (a) have clapped (b) clap (c) will clap (d) clapped
31. 31.We ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catch (b) catched (c) caught (d) will catch
32. 32.You did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
33. 33.I ___ tea yesterday. (a) maked (b) make (c) will make (d) made
34. 34.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eaten (d) eating
35. 35.She ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) has jogged
36. 36.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawed
37. 37.Rohan ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rode (b) will ride (c) rided (d) rides
38. 38.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) written (d) writed
39. 39.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
40. 40.My brother did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) playing (b) plays (c) played (d) play

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