Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 711 · 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.Aisha ___ a message last Sunday. (a) will send (b) sended (c) sends (d) sent
2. 2.He ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) has jogged (d) will jog
3. 3.She ___ a story last Sunday. (a) will tell (b) told (c) tells (d) telled
4. 4.My sister did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) built
5. 5.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wore (c) wearing (d) weared
6. 6.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimmed
7. 7.___ you build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
8. 8.I did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) cleans
9. 9.She did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
10. 10.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwing
11. 11.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) ridden (d) rided
12. 12.___ I sing a song two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
13. 13.___ the children eat a mango two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
14. 14.___ Farhan feed the dog two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
15. 15.My brother did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) built (b) builds (c) building (d) build
16. 16.___ my sister eat a mango in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.___ Ishaan plant a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.My parents did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
19. 19.___ you watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
20. 20.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
21. 21.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
22. 22.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) ran (d) run
23. 23.I ___ a story last Sunday. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) told (d) telled
24. 24.He ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) took (c) will take (d) taked
25. 25.They did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) cleaning
26. 26.Karan ___ a kite last week. (a) will fly (b) flew (c) flies (d) flyed
27. 27.___ Isha catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.___ my cousins take the train last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
29. 29.They did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) wash (b) washed (c) washes (d) washing
30. 30.I ___ milk yesterday. (a) will drink (b) drank (c) drink (d) drinked
31. 31.My brother ___ lunch two days ago. (a) will bring (b) brings (c) bringed (d) brought
32. 32.My friends ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) throw
33. 33.You did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) building (b) built (c) builds (d) build
34. 34.Omkar ___ a song last week. (a) sings (b) sang (c) will sing (d) has sung
35. 35.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) writed (d) wrote
36. 36.Diya ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) eats (d) eated
37. 37.My sister did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catching (b) catches (c) catch (d) caught
38. 38.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) gone (d) going
39. 39.They did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sing (d) sings
40. 40.Kunal ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swimmed

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