Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 581 · 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 “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) runned (d) run
2. 2.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eating (d) eaten
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
4. 4.___ I catch the ball yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
5. 5.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
6. 6.I did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
7. 7.You ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bake (b) baked (c) have baked (d) will bake
8. 8.___ she bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
9. 9.You ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) carry (d) have carried
10. 10.They did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) write (b) writes (c) wrote (d) writing
11. 11.___ my sister take the train last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
12. 12.Aisha ___ the match in 2023. (a) will win (b) winned (c) wins (d) won
13. 13.___ we ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
14. 14.___ Aditya throw the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
15. 15.You did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) running (b) ran (c) runs (d) run
16. 16.Meera ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swims (d) will swim
17. 17.___ we cook rice yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
18. 18.___ I dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
19. 19.Rohan ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swims
20. 20.___ I sing a song in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.He ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) will write (d) writed
22. 22.They did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) goes (b) went (c) going (d) go
23. 23.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flew (c) flying (d) flyed
24. 24.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
25. 25.Isha did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washed (d) washing
26. 26.I ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clap (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) have clapped
27. 27.You did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wore (b) wearing (c) wears (d) wear
28. 28.___ we clap for the team last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
29. 29.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
30. 30.He ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throwed
31. 31.She did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eats (b) eat (c) ate (d) eating
32. 32.___ Farhan play cricket yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
33. 33.My sister ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flyed (b) will fly (c) flew (d) flies
34. 34.___ Dev jog in the park in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.He ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) will watch (c) has watched (d) watched
36. 36.___ Rohan cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
37. 37.Dev ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
38. 38.___ I go to school yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
39. 39.The students ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) will build (b) builded (c) build (d) built
40. 40.I ___ the train two days ago. (a) take (b) took (c) taked (d) will take

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