Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 657 · 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.___ we watch a cartoon last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
2. 2.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swum
3. 3.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
4. 4.You did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) made (b) making (c) makes (d) make
5. 5.She ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) rided (c) rides (d) will ride
6. 6.They ___ the room yesterday. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) cleaned
7. 7.You did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
8. 8.The children did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) goes (b) went (c) going (d) go
9. 9.___ my cousins sing a song last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
11. 11.You did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catching (b) catch (c) catches (d) caught
12. 12.He did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baked
13. 13.I ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
14. 14.You ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) tell (c) telled (d) will tell
15. 15.She did not ___ in the park last week. (a) run (b) runs (c) ran (d) running
16. 16.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
17. 17.I did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) runs (b) ran (c) running (d) run
18. 18.___ they fly a kite last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
19. 19.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throwed
20. 20.___ they cook rice in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
21. 21.___ Pooja clean the room yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
22. 22.Rohan did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) taking (b) took (c) takes (d) take
23. 23.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wore (d) wearing
24. 24.They did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sending (b) sent (c) send (d) sends
25. 25.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
26. 26.You did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cooking (d) cook
27. 27.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writed (d) writing
28. 28.___ the students carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
29. 29.My sister ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) will study (c) studies (d) has studied
30. 30.We did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clapped
31. 31.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawing (c) drawed (d) drawn
32. 32.___ my sister make tea yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
33. 33.She ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) will build (b) builded (c) built (d) builds
34. 34.He did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) play (b) played (c) plays (d) playing
35. 35.Farhan ___ a tree last week. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) plants (d) has planted
36. 36.He ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) has climbed (b) climbed (c) will climb (d) climbs
37. 37.___ my sister cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
38. 38.We ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) write (d) will write
39. 39.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
40. 40.Manav ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeds (d) will feed

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