Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 52 · 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.Kavya ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) will swim (b) swims (c) swimmed (d) swam
2. 2.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will run (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
3. 3.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
4. 4.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) thrown (c) throwed (d) throwing
5. 5.We ___ a story in 2023. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) told (d) tell
6. 6.___ you bake a cake two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
7. 7.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drinking
8. 8.Kunal ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) has played (b) plays (c) played (d) will play
9. 9.He did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watched (d) watches
10. 10.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
11. 11.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flown
12. 12.___ Rohan climb a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
13. 13.___ you throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.She did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches (d) watching
15. 15.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) have climbed (b) will climb (c) climbed (d) climb
16. 16.My brother ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) will build (b) builds (c) built (d) builded
17. 17.My cousins ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) write (d) writed
18. 18.My brother ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) flyed (c) flew (d) will fly
19. 19.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
20. 20.We did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drinks
21. 21.He ___ a picture in 2023. (a) will draw (b) draws (c) drew (d) drawed
22. 22.My sister did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swam (d) swimming
23. 23.Yash ___ a picture last week. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) draws (d) drew
24. 24.My sister ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) will dance (c) dances (d) has danced
25. 25.___ she carry the bag yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
26. 26.I did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wears (d) wear
27. 27.___ I plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.Kunal ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) will swim (b) swimmed (c) swims (d) swam
29. 29.I did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feed (d) feeds
30. 30.She did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) spoke
31. 31.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) worn (d) wore
32. 32.I did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climbed
33. 33.___ he catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
34. 34.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam
35. 35.___ Manav bake a cake last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
36. 36.___ my parents make tea last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
37. 37.___ I draw a picture two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.You did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) make (b) made (c) makes (d) making
39. 39.I did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) building (b) built (c) build (d) builds
40. 40.Omkar did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writes (b) writing (c) wrote (d) write

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