Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 609 · 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.They did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sending (d) send
2. 2.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drawing
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
4. 4.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
5. 5.I ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eated (b) ate (c) eat (d) will eat
6. 6.Sneha ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) has cleaned
7. 7.They ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) have watched (b) will watch (c) watched (d) watch
8. 8.Meera did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) wrote (b) writes (c) writing (d) write
9. 9.My brother did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catches (d) catch
10. 10.___ they wash the dishes last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
11. 11.We ___ a song last week. (a) sing (b) will sing (c) have sung (d) sang
12. 12.He did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rides (b) riding (c) rode (d) ride
13. 13.I ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watched
14. 14.They did not ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) drew
15. 15.She did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rides (b) riding (c) rode (d) ride
16. 16.They ___ cricket last week. (a) have played (b) play (c) played (d) will play
17. 17.___ Rahul fly a kite last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.___ Priya climb a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
19. 19.He did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) making (b) make (c) made (d) makes
20. 20.___ he play cricket two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.We did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watched
22. 22.___ you wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.___ my parents dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) running (d) run
25. 25.He did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feed
26. 26.My brother ___ a message in 2023. (a) sent (b) will send (c) sended (d) sends
27. 27.I did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watched (d) watches
28. 28.She ___ rice last week. (a) has cooked (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) cooks
29. 29.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) writing (d) wrote
30. 30.I did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) taking (b) took (c) take (d) takes
31. 31.You ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) danced (b) will dance (c) have danced (d) dance
32. 32.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drinking
33. 33.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
34. 34.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
35. 35.___ he watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
36. 36.They ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) will wash (b) have washed (c) washed (d) wash
37. 37.Yash ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) has carried (c) will carry (d) carried
38. 38.He ___ the train yesterday. (a) will take (b) takes (c) took (d) taked
39. 39.He ___ the room last week. (a) has cleaned (b) cleans (c) will clean (d) cleaned
40. 40.Riya did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cooking

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