Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 61 · 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 “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eated (d) eaten
2. 2.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) threw
3. 3.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) speaked
4. 4.___ he play cricket two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
5. 5.We did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) playing (b) play (c) played (d) plays
6. 6.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writing (d) written
7. 7.I did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bringing (d) bring
8. 8.___ he clap for the team in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.___ you run in the park in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
10. 10.He did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) went (b) going (c) goes (d) go
11. 11.She ___ a cap yesterday. (a) will wear (b) wore (c) wears (d) weared
12. 12.You did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) played
13. 13.I did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
14. 14.___ I win the match in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
15. 15.Aditya ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sings (b) will sing (c) has sung (d) sang
16. 16.___ she play cricket two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.___ you throw the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
18. 18.Manav ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) has jogged (c) will jog (d) jogs
19. 19.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
20. 20.She ___ science yesterday. (a) has studied (b) will study (c) studies (d) studied
21. 21.You ___ tea last Sunday. (a) maked (b) make (c) made (d) will make
22. 22.___ we send a message two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
23. 23.She ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) will send (c) sent (d) sended
24. 24.They ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throwed (c) throw (d) will throw
25. 25.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swimmed
26. 26.___ my brother wash the dishes last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.___ they make tea yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) goed (c) went (d) gone
29. 29.We ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) have carried (c) carry (d) carried
30. 30.The children did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
31. 31.The students ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) studied (c) have studied (d) study
32. 32.___ they clap for the team in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
33. 33.My brother ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) draws (d) drawed
34. 34.Neel did not ___ the ball last week. (a) threw (b) throws (c) throw (d) throwing
35. 35.___ I sing a song two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) weared (d) worn
37. 37.The children ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cook (d) cooked
38. 38.He ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogs (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) has jogged
39. 39.___ you sing a song last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.Manav ___ a message two days ago. (a) sended (b) sends (c) sent (d) will send

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