Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 787 · 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 “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) ate (d) eaten
2. 2.I ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eated (b) eat (c) ate (d) will eat
3. 3.___ they wear a cap last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
4. 4.Meera did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climb
5. 5.I ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helped (b) help (c) have helped (d) will help
6. 6.___ my brother climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
7. 7.Rahul did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
8. 8.She ___ tea yesterday. (a) maked (b) will make (c) makes (d) made
9. 9.___ Rohan clean the room last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.___ my friends take the train in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
11. 11.___ you buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
12. 12.You did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
13. 13.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
14. 14.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) throwed
15. 15.___ they watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.___ you clean the room two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.He did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) ate (b) eating (c) eat (d) eats
18. 18.She ___ a picture last week. (a) will draw (b) draws (c) drawed (d) drew
19. 19.___ Nisha plant a tree yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
20. 20.Dev ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) has watched (d) watches
21. 21.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaked
22. 22.Priya ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rides (b) will ride (c) rode (d) rided
23. 23.My cousins did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builds (b) build (c) built (d) building
24. 24.The children ___ the room two days ago. (a) will clean (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) have cleaned
25. 25.He ___ for the team last week. (a) claps (b) will clap (c) has clapped (d) clapped
26. 26.You ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) will climb (d) have climbed
27. 27.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writed (d) written
28. 28.He did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feed
29. 29.We ___ the ball two days ago. (a) will catch (b) caught (c) catch (d) catched
30. 30.Manav did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) drew (d) draw
31. 31.___ Neel catch the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
32. 32.My brother ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) will climb (d) has climbed
33. 33.I ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eat (b) will eat (c) eated (d) ate
34. 34.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
35. 35.They did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dance
36. 36.He ___ the train yesterday. (a) taked (b) will take (c) takes (d) took
37. 37.Aarav ___ science last week. (a) has studied (b) will study (c) studied (d) studies
38. 38.You ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catched (b) catch (c) will catch (d) caught
39. 39.Kabir ___ a message last Sunday. (a) will send (b) sended (c) sent (d) sends
40. 40.You ___ a letter in 2023. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) will write (d) write

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