Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 680 · 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.My sister ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) has watched (c) watched (d) watches
2. 2.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
3. 3.Riya ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) has jogged (c) jogs (d) jogged
4. 4.He ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) bought
5. 5.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
6. 6.I ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throwed
7. 7.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) threw
8. 8.She ___ the ball last week. (a) caught (b) catches (c) will catch (d) catched
9. 9.Aarav did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
10. 10.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drawed
11. 11.The children ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) draw (d) drawed
12. 12.We did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catching (b) caught (c) catches (d) catch
13. 13.I ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) have cleaned (c) will clean (d) cleaned
14. 14.We ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinked (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drink
15. 15.___ the students dance on the stage last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.___ Rohan study science last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
17. 17.Aisha ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) has baked (c) baked (d) bakes
18. 18.I ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drink (d) will drink
19. 19.They did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
20. 20.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
21. 21.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
22. 22.You did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) runs (c) run (d) running
23. 23.___ we sing a song last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.My brother ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) will take (c) takes (d) took
25. 25.___ my parents speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
26. 26.___ we buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
27. 27.She did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writes (b) writing (c) write (d) wrote
28. 28.They ___ in the pool last week. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swim (d) swimmed
29. 29.Manav did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flew (b) flies (c) fly (d) flying
30. 30.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) runned (d) running
31. 31.Zoya ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) will carry (b) has carried (c) carries (d) carried
32. 32.The children did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) baked
33. 33.Farhan ___ to school two days ago. (a) will go (b) went (c) goes (d) goed
34. 34.You did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catches (d) catch
35. 35.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaked
36. 36.You ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will run (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
37. 37.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
38. 38.My brother did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
39. 39.___ they wear a cap two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
40. 40.My brother did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooked

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