Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 662 · 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.Kavya did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) planting (c) planted (d) plants
2. 2.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
3. 3.I ___ cricket last week. (a) play (b) played (c) have played (d) will play
4. 4.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swimming (d) swam
6. 6.You ___ a message yesterday. (a) sent (b) send (c) will send (d) sended
7. 7.Neel ___ a mango in 2023. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) eats (d) ate
8. 8.Pooja ___ the train two days ago. (a) took (b) takes (c) taked (d) will take
9. 9.We did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swim (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swims
10. 10.She ___ milk two days ago. (a) will drink (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drinks
11. 11.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) goed (d) gone
12. 12.Tara did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clap
13. 13.___ she dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.I ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) have helped (b) will help (c) helped (d) help
15. 15.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) ate (d) eating
16. 16.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
17. 17.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drinked
18. 18.___ Riya bake a cake in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
19. 19.The children did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapped (b) clap (c) claps (d) clapping
20. 20.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) rode (d) riding
21. 21.She ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swims (c) will swim (d) swimmed
22. 22.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throwed (d) thrown
23. 23.___ they play cricket in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
24. 24.He did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) study (c) studies (d) studying
25. 25.___ he plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
26. 26.___ I feed the dog yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
28. 28.___ they run in the park in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
29. 29.We did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take (d) took
30. 30.My friends did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
31. 31.Omkar ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) taked (c) took (d) will take
32. 32.I ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swim (d) swimmed
33. 33.Neel ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) has baked
34. 34.Manav ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) carries (c) has carried (d) carried
35. 35.___ we cook rice yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.___ Neel tell a story last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
37. 37.___ Tara win the match yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
38. 38.I ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) danced (b) dance (c) will dance (d) have danced
39. 39.Manav did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swims
40. 40.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) ran (c) will run (d) runned

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