Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 776 · 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 ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dances (d) dance
2. 2.I ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) have planted (d) plant
3. 3.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
4. 4.They ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) have helped (c) helped (d) will help
5. 5.Saanvi ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) took (c) will take (d) taked
6. 6.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
7. 7.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam
8. 8.I did not ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draws
9. 9.My parents did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) playing (b) plays (c) played (d) play
10. 10.My sister did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carry
11. 11.The students did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) ran (c) running (d) run
12. 12.___ we climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.We ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catched (b) catch (c) caught (d) will catch
14. 14.My parents did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sing (d) sings
15. 15.They ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) have watched (b) will watch (c) watch (d) watched
16. 16.My brother did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cooking (d) cook
17. 17.The students did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) wore (c) wearing (d) wears
18. 18.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
19. 19.He ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) has carried (c) carried (d) carries
20. 20.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drunk
21. 21.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
22. 22.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) writing (d) written
23. 23.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throwed
24. 24.___ he win the match yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
25. 25.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
26. 26.You did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaks
27. 27.___ we send a message in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
28. 28.They ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) bake (c) have baked (d) baked
29. 29.___ my sister win the match two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.___ we feed the dog in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.He did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wear (b) wore (c) wears (d) wearing
32. 32.We ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) draw (c) will draw (d) drew
33. 33.The children did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
34. 34.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
35. 35.The students ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swim (d) swam
36. 36.My parents ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeded (b) feed (c) fed (d) will feed
37. 37.Dev did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) send (b) sent (c) sending (d) sends
38. 38.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rided (d) rode
39. 39.He ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawed (b) drew (c) draws (d) will draw
40. 40.___ you cook rice yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was

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