Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 64 · 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) eaten (b) ate (c) eating (d) eated
2. 2.My sister ___ tea yesterday. (a) maked (b) made (c) will make (d) makes
3. 3.___ I take the train yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) spoke
5. 5.___ they throw the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
6. 6.___ my cousins tell a story last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
7. 7.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
8. 8.My cousins ___ in the park last week. (a) have jogged (b) will jog (c) jog (d) jogged
9. 9.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
10. 10.___ we clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
11. 11.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
12. 12.Priya did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) wear (d) wore
13. 13.I did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swam (d) swim
14. 14.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) threw (d) thrown
15. 15.They ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drew (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) draw
16. 16.I did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sang (d) sing
17. 17.They did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) built
18. 18.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
19. 19.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) weared (d) worn
20. 20.___ we bake a cake two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
21. 21.He did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbing (b) climbed (c) climb (d) climbs
22. 22.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) took (d) taked
23. 23.___ I study science last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
24. 24.___ we drink milk last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
25. 25.You ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) have washed (b) will wash (c) washed (d) wash
26. 26.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) going (c) goed (d) gone
27. 27.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swum
28. 28.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
29. 29.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
30. 30.We ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watch (d) have watched
31. 31.They did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogged
32. 32.We did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
33. 33.She ___ a mango two days ago. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) eats (d) ate
34. 34.My sister did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbing (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) climb
35. 35.I ___ a story last Sunday. (a) will tell (b) told (c) telled (d) tell
36. 36.___ my friends draw a picture yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
37. 37.You ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) have carried (b) carried (c) will carry (d) carry
38. 38.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
39. 39.My brother ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) has baked (c) bakes (d) will bake
40. 40.Sneha did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake

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