Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 557 · 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 ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) have watched (b) will watch (c) watched (d) watch
2. 2.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinked
3. 3.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
4. 4.Kavya ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washed
5. 5.I did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) threw (b) throws (c) throw (d) throwing
6. 6.___ he watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
7. 7.___ we play cricket in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
8. 8.My friends did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) played (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
9. 9.I did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) danced
10. 10.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
11. 11.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wore (c) worn (d) wearing
12. 12.Kunal ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) has baked (c) baked (d) bakes
13. 13.She ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swims
14. 14.I did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
15. 15.Meera did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
16. 16.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
17. 17.She did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cooked
18. 18.___ I study science yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
19. 19.She ___ a message two days ago. (a) sended (b) will send (c) sent (d) sends
20. 20.We ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
21. 21.My sister ___ Hindi last week. (a) will speak (b) speaked (c) speaks (d) spoke
22. 22.They ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) will build (b) builded (c) built (d) build
23. 23.___ Riya wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.___ I swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
25. 25.You did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) fly (b) flew (c) flying (d) flies
26. 26.Sneha did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) bought
27. 27.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) running
28. 28.Yash did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) flew
29. 29.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writed
30. 30.I did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climb (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) climbing
31. 31.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taken (c) taking (d) taked
32. 32.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
33. 33.They did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
34. 34.You ___ the ball two days ago. (a) will catch (b) catch (c) caught (d) catched
35. 35.Kunal ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaks (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) will speak
36. 36.My sister did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) buying (c) bought (d) buy
37. 37.___ my parents build a sandcastle last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
38. 38.___ he watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
39. 39.We ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) draw
40. 40.He ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rided (b) rode (c) rides (d) will ride

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