Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 736 · 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.___ Arjun clap for the team yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eated (d) eaten
3. 3.Karan did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drew (d) drawing
4. 4.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rode (c) rided (d) riding
5. 5.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawed (d) drawing
6. 6.I ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) help (d) helped
7. 7.___ we dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
8. 8.You ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) go (c) goed (d) will go
9. 9.He did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jogging
10. 10.The students did not ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
11. 11.___ she plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
12. 12.My cousins ___ the room last week. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) have cleaned
13. 13.___ she catch the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
14. 14.___ he wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
15. 15.We did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) building (b) built (c) builds (d) build
16. 16.They ___ the train yesterday. (a) will take (b) take (c) taked (d) took
17. 17.We ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) telled (c) tell (d) will tell
18. 18.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
19. 19.Pooja did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) brought (c) bringing (d) bring
20. 20.Farhan ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) draws (d) drew
21. 21.They ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) help (b) will help (c) have helped (d) helped
22. 22.My sister did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) write (c) wrote (d) writing
23. 23.We did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sent (b) send (c) sending (d) sends
24. 24.Aditya ___ in the pool last week. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swims (d) swimmed
25. 25.He ___ the train two days ago. (a) will take (b) takes (c) took (d) taked
26. 26.Ishaan did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) build (b) built (c) building (d) builds
27. 27.___ Farhan catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
28. 28.You ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) have cleaned
29. 29.___ Aisha go to school last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
31. 31.___ she help Grandma in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.He did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drew (b) draw (c) drawing (d) draws
33. 33.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) took (d) taked
34. 34.Vivaan ___ a letter last week. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) will write (d) writed
35. 35.He ___ for the team two days ago. (a) has clapped (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) claps
36. 36.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
37. 37.___ Rahul plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
38. 38.You did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleaned
39. 39.My brother did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jog
40. 40.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throwing

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