Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 505 · 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 “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) writed (d) written
2. 2.She did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) build (c) building (d) built
3. 3.She did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooked
4. 4.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) threw (d) throwing
5. 5.He did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helped (b) help (c) helps (d) helping
6. 6.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rode (d) rided
7. 7.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drank
8. 8.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaked
9. 9.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
10. 10.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) took (d) taking
11. 11.They ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) will speak (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) speak
12. 12.He ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) will bake (d) has baked
13. 13.My brother ___ the match in 2023. (a) won (b) will win (c) winned (d) wins
14. 14.They ___ on the stage last week. (a) dance (b) danced (c) have danced (d) will dance
15. 15.She did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) told
16. 16.___ she wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
17. 17.He ___ a cake last week. (a) will bake (b) has baked (c) baked (d) bakes
18. 18.___ they climb a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
19. 19.My cousins did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
20. 20.___ she speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
21. 21.We ___ a kite two days ago. (a) will fly (b) fly (c) flew (d) flyed
22. 22.___ my sister build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
23. 23.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
24. 24.___ Priya swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eated (d) eating
26. 26.She did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding (d) fed
27. 27.The children ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) jog (d) have jogged
28. 28.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
29. 29.Ira did not ___ a mango last week. (a) ate (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
30. 30.___ we draw a picture yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
31. 31.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) jog
32. 32.___ Karan dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.___ we jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
34. 34.___ she throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
35. 35.___ Vivaan watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
36. 36.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
37. 37.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drew
38. 38.I ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinked (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drink
39. 39.___ we swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
40. 40.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked

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