Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 794 · 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 “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawed
2. 2.She did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climbed
3. 3.She ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) has played (c) played (d) will play
4. 4.You did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) fly (b) flying (c) flew (d) flies
5. 5.___ my sister go to school two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
6. 6.The children ___ cricket two days ago. (a) will play (b) played (c) play (d) have played
7. 7.We ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will run (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
8. 8.I did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flying (d) flew
9. 9.___ you plant a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
10. 10.The children did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planting (b) plants (c) planted (d) plant
11. 11.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flew
12. 12.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
13. 13.___ Omkar catch the ball yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
14. 14.___ she fly a kite in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
15. 15.She did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) goes (b) going (c) went (d) go
16. 16.They did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carry (d) carrying
17. 17.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
18. 18.He did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogged (d) jogs
19. 19.My sister ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flies (b) will fly (c) flyed (d) flew
20. 20.My friends ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) have played (c) play (d) will play
21. 21.Rahul ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) planted (c) has planted (d) will plant
22. 22.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaked
23. 23.We ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buyed (b) buy (c) will buy (d) bought
24. 24.___ we eat a mango last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.___ you feed the dog last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) took (c) taked (d) taking
27. 27.I did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
28. 28.Rahul ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) has jogged (d) jogs
29. 29.We ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) clean (c) have cleaned (d) will clean
30. 30.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
31. 31.They did not ___ in the park last week. (a) runs (b) running (c) run (d) ran
32. 32.Aditya ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) has washed (b) washes (c) will wash (d) washed
33. 33.___ we draw a picture two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
34. 34.We ___ a kite last week. (a) flyed (b) flew (c) will fly (d) fly
35. 35.We ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) have baked (c) bake (d) will bake
36. 36.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
37. 37.My parents did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writing (b) wrote (c) write (d) writes
38. 38.We ___ a story last week. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
39. 39.My brother ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studies
40. 40.Zoya did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throw

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