Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 67 · 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.Farhan ___ science in 2023. (a) has studied (b) studied (c) will study (d) studies
2. 2.They ___ a story two days ago. (a) tell (b) telled (c) told (d) will tell
3. 3.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
4. 4.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
5. 5.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eated (d) eaten
6. 6.The children did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throwing (b) throw (c) throws (d) threw
7. 7.___ he catch the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
8. 8.Nisha did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) caught
9. 9.We did not ___ a message last week. (a) sending (b) sends (c) sent (d) send
10. 10.___ she play cricket yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
11. 11.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
12. 12.You did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sing (d) sings
13. 13.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drinked
14. 14.We did not ___ tea last week. (a) making (b) make (c) made (d) makes
15. 15.I did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) told
16. 16.___ she climb a tree in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
17. 17.He did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) baked (d) bake
18. 18.They ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buyed (d) will buy
19. 19.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) wrote (d) writing
20. 20.She ___ the bag last week. (a) has carried (b) will carry (c) carries (d) carried
21. 21.He did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) baked
22. 22.I ___ the ball last week. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) throw (d) threw
23. 23.___ Sneha plant a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
24. 24.We ___ the train yesterday. (a) will take (b) take (c) taked (d) took
25. 25.They ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) will speak (b) speaked (c) speak (d) spoke
26. 26.Neel ___ for the team two days ago. (a) has clapped (b) claps (c) will clap (d) clapped
27. 27.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) goed (d) went
28. 28.My brother did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bake (b) baking (c) baked (d) bakes
29. 29.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) jogged (c) jog (d) will jog
30. 30.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wearing (d) wore
31. 31.Ira did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaking
32. 32.___ my cousins cook rice last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
33. 33.We did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wearing (d) wear
34. 34.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
35. 35.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
36. 36.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) threw
37. 37.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
38. 38.Ishaan ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) told (d) tells
39. 39.He did not ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) cleans
40. 40.___ you drink milk last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does

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