Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 567 · 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 “go”? (a) went (b) going (c) goed (d) gone
2. 2.We did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wore (d) wearing
3. 3.___ they bring lunch yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.My sister ___ science two days ago. (a) has studied (b) studies (c) studied (d) will study
5. 5.You ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) have helped (b) help (c) helped (d) will help
6. 6.___ you jog in the park yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
7. 7.We ___ the room last week. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) clean
8. 8.Kavya ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) tells (c) telled (d) will tell
9. 9.You ___ a bicycle last week. (a) ride (b) rode (c) will ride (d) rided
10. 10.My cousins ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) cook (c) cooked (d) have cooked
11. 11.My brother did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
12. 12.___ my friends sing a song yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
13. 13.You ___ a message yesterday. (a) will send (b) send (c) sended (d) sent
14. 14.He ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) has cooked (d) cooks
15. 15.He did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
16. 16.___ Karan take the train yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
17. 17.My cousins ___ in the park last week. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) have jogged (d) jog
18. 18.___ he clap for the team yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.I did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooked (d) cooks
20. 20.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam
21. 21.He did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
22. 22.My brother ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinks (b) drinked (c) drank (d) will drink
23. 23.___ the children throw the ball in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
24. 24.I did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feed
25. 25.You did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinking (d) drinks
26. 26.I ___ a story two days ago. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) told (d) tell
27. 27.He did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) ran (b) runs (c) run (d) running
28. 28.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) weared (d) wore
29. 29.I did not ___ tea last week. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) made
30. 30.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drank
31. 31.We did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
32. 32.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawn
33. 33.The children did not ___ a story last week. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) told
34. 34.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
35. 35.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
36. 36.We did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eats (d) eat
37. 37.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) taked (d) took
38. 38.Aditya ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swimmed
39. 39.Farhan did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) winning (b) wins (c) won (d) win
40. 40.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending

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