Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 740 · 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.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) went (d) goed
2. 2.They did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eating (b) eats (c) ate (d) eat
3. 3.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
4. 4.___ she catch the ball yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.You ___ to school last week. (a) will go (b) goed (c) go (d) went
6. 6.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) wrote (d) writed
7. 7.___ Meera win the match yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
8. 8.We did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
9. 9.She did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) planted
10. 10.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) taked (d) took
11. 11.He ___ cricket last week. (a) will play (b) plays (c) has played (d) played
12. 12.You did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) riding (c) rode (d) ride
13. 13.She ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sended (b) sends (c) sent (d) will send
14. 14.We did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) taking (b) took (c) take (d) takes
15. 15.___ they climb a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
16. 16.___ Vivaan sing a song last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
17. 17.He ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) will help (c) helped (d) has helped
18. 18.He did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) planted
19. 19.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
20. 20.We ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) will wash (c) have washed (d) wash
21. 21.Aditya ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) washed (c) has washed (d) will wash
22. 22.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) threw
23. 23.Neel ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) has washed (c) will wash (d) washes
24. 24.We ___ milk last Sunday. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drink
25. 25.She did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) planted
26. 26.___ my brother take the train yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
27. 27.Priya did not ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) goes (c) go (d) going
28. 28.___ you tell a story last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
29. 29.Manav ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writed (b) will write (c) writes (d) wrote
30. 30.___ the children eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
31. 31.___ my sister jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
32. 32.She did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) cleaning
33. 33.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawing (c) drawn (d) drawed
34. 34.Yash ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) has clapped (d) will clap
35. 35.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
36. 36.The children did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) cooking
37. 37.My sister ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) watched (c) has watched (d) will watch
38. 38.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
39. 39.___ I eat a mango last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
40. 40.My sister did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) made

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