Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 689 · 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.I ___ a tree two days ago. (a) have planted (b) will plant (c) plant (d) planted
2. 2.___ she clean the room last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
3. 3.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
4. 4.Kunal ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) washed (d) has washed
5. 5.He did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) bought
6. 6.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) wearing (d) weared
7. 7.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) written (d) writing
8. 8.You did not ___ a story last week. (a) tell (b) told (c) telling (d) tells
9. 9.You did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climbed (d) climb
10. 10.She did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) bought
11. 11.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
12. 12.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) eaten (d) ate
13. 13.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) going (d) gone
14. 14.Karan ___ the dog yesterday. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feeded
15. 15.He did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) winning (c) wins (d) win
16. 16.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throwed
17. 17.He did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writing (b) writes (c) wrote (d) write
18. 18.___ we cook rice in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
19. 19.He ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) has watched (b) watched (c) will watch (d) watches
20. 20.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
21. 21.He did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jogged
22. 22.My brother ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) brings (c) will bring (d) bringed
23. 23.She did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sent (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
24. 24.___ you bake a cake two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
25. 25.We did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builds (b) building (c) built (d) build
26. 26.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drew
27. 27.My sister did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catching (b) catches (c) caught (d) catch
28. 28.We did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clap
29. 29.We did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleans
30. 30.___ you watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
31. 31.I did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) plants (c) plant (d) planting
32. 32.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runned
33. 33.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
34. 34.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) taking (d) took
35. 35.___ Aditya go to school two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
36. 36.You did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tell (b) tells (c) told (d) telling
37. 37.Myra did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) made
38. 38.___ you feed the dog in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
39. 39.Dev did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) write (d) writing
40. 40.___ my sister climb a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did

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