Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 66 · 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 “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
2. 2.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drunk
3. 3.She ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) has baked (d) baked
4. 4.He did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writes (b) writing (c) wrote (d) write
5. 5.My brother ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) telled (c) will tell (d) tells
6. 6.___ my parents swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
7. 7.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
8. 8.He ___ to school last week. (a) will go (b) goes (c) goed (d) went
9. 9.He did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
10. 10.___ they drink milk two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
11. 11.Kavya ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) will build (c) builded (d) built
12. 12.___ they bake a cake two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
13. 13.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writed
14. 14.She ___ the train yesterday. (a) will take (b) took (c) taked (d) takes
15. 15.We did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swim (d) swims
16. 16.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawed
17. 17.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
18. 18.I did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) won
19. 19.___ Saanvi bake a cake in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
20. 20.My sister did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planted (d) planting
21. 21.You did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helping (b) helped (c) helps (d) help
22. 22.___ we cook rice yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
23. 23.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
24. 24.We did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
25. 25.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swimmed
26. 26.We ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buy (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) bought
27. 27.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rided (d) rode
28. 28.You ___ the train two days ago. (a) took (b) taked (c) will take (d) take
29. 29.They did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swim (d) swam
30. 30.Saanvi ___ a story yesterday. (a) tells (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
31. 31.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) ate (d) eating
32. 32.The students did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runs
33. 33.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
34. 34.___ my brother dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.___ my friends ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
36. 36.I did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) tells (b) telling (c) tell (d) told
37. 37.___ my friends bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
38. 38.They ___ a message yesterday. (a) sent (b) will send (c) sended (d) send
39. 39.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) weared (d) worn
40. 40.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) ran (d) run

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