Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 540 · 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) writed (b) written (c) wrote (d) writing
2. 2.You ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) will climb (c) have climbed (d) climb
3. 3.The children ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catched (b) catch (c) will catch (d) caught
4. 4.The children ___ vegetables last week. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buy
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swum
6. 6.My sister ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) eated (c) ate (d) will eat
7. 7.___ I dance on the stage last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
8. 8.They ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) watch
9. 9.They did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clap (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) claps
10. 10.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking
11. 11.You ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaked (b) speak (c) will speak (d) spoke
12. 12.We ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) have baked (c) will bake (d) baked
13. 13.I did not ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
14. 14.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
15. 15.___ they wear a cap last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
16. 16.___ they catch the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
17. 17.___ she write a letter yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
18. 18.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) thrown (c) throwed (d) throwing
19. 19.My parents did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wear (d) wears
20. 20.Saanvi ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rides (b) will ride (c) rided (d) rode
21. 21.He did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) told (c) telling (d) tell
22. 22.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
23. 23.Zoya did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) wear (d) wore
24. 24.You did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbed
25. 25.My friends did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jog
26. 26.___ I bake a cake yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
27. 27.___ I eat a mango two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
28. 28.___ Myra clap for the team yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
29. 29.My cousins did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
30. 30.She ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) will clap (b) clapped (c) has clapped (d) claps
31. 31.Manav did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washes (b) washing (c) washed (d) wash
32. 32.Rahul ___ a song in 2023. (a) has sung (b) sings (c) sang (d) will sing
33. 33.I did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) win (b) won (c) wins (d) winning
34. 34.He ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) has watched (b) will watch (c) watches (d) watched
35. 35.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
36. 36.You did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eat (b) ate (c) eating (d) eats
37. 37.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drew
38. 38.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
39. 39.They did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sing (b) singing (c) sang (d) sings
40. 40.My friends ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) will study (c) studied (d) have studied

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