Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 749 · 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.She did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helped (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
2. 2.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
3. 3.___ she throw the ball in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
4. 4.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drawn (d) drew
5. 5.Ishaan ___ milk last Sunday. (a) will drink (b) drinks (c) drank (d) drinked
6. 6.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
7. 7.___ Priya tell a story last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
8. 8.___ you draw a picture in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
9. 9.___ you ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
10. 10.She did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
11. 11.My brother ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studies
12. 12.You ___ in the pool last week. (a) swim (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swimmed
13. 13.She did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) fed
14. 14.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) speaking
15. 15.They did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watched (d) watches
16. 16.My sister ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) will send (c) sends (d) sended
17. 17.___ they make tea last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.My sister ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plants (b) has planted (c) planted (d) will plant
19. 19.She did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carried (d) carrying
20. 20.___ we take the train last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
21. 21.She did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carried (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
22. 22.___ Rahul drink milk two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
23. 23.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wearing (d) wore
24. 24.The students ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) write (d) writed
25. 25.You ___ the match last Sunday. (a) won (b) will win (c) winned (d) win
26. 26.He did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studying (b) study (c) studied (d) studies
27. 27.Aarav ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wore (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wears
28. 28.My brother ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) will bring (b) brings (c) brought (d) bringed
29. 29.___ my brother throw the ball last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
30. 30.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
31. 31.My friends ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
32. 32.We did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) jogging
33. 33.She ___ a story in 2023. (a) told (b) telled (c) will tell (d) tells
34. 34.___ they tell a story last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
35. 35.___ I win the match in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
36. 36.She did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
37. 37.You did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) running (b) ran (c) run (d) runs
38. 38.I ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flyed (b) fly (c) will fly (d) flew
39. 39.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) rode (c) riding (d) ridden
40. 40.They ___ the ball in 2023. (a) will throw (b) throw (c) threw (d) throwed

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