Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 805 · 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.They did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) sang (b) sings (c) singing (d) sing
2. 2.My sister ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flew (b) flies (c) will fly (d) flyed
3. 3.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) goed (c) going (d) gone
4. 4.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) wrote (d) written
5. 5.I ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dance (b) will dance (c) have danced (d) danced
6. 6.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) ran (d) runned
7. 7.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rode (c) rided (d) riding
8. 8.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eaten (d) eated
9. 9.They did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
10. 10.The students ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) have cleaned (c) cleaned (d) will clean
11. 11.You did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
12. 12.Nisha ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sended (c) will send (d) sends
13. 13.He did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) flew
14. 14.I ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) have carried (d) carried
15. 15.He ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brings (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) brought
16. 16.My friends did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flies (b) flew (c) flying (d) fly
17. 17.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) worn (d) weared
18. 18.Omkar did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
19. 19.Arjun ___ the ball last week. (a) threw (b) throwed (c) throws (d) will throw
20. 20.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
21. 21.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) threw
22. 22.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
23. 23.Arjun did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) ran
24. 24.She ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) will play (c) plays (d) has played
25. 25.___ she swim in the pool last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
26. 26.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
27. 27.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sing (b) have sung (c) sang (d) will sing
28. 28.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drinking
29. 29.I ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wear (b) will wear (c) wore (d) weared
30. 30.___ you catch the ball yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
31. 31.___ Zoya watch a cartoon last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
32. 32.___ I run in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.You did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) won (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
34. 34.You did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) telling (c) told (d) tell
35. 35.My friends ___ the match in 2023. (a) won (b) win (c) winned (d) will win
36. 36.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
37. 37.___ I carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
39. 39.She did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
40. 40.___ she go to school last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does

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