Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 809 · 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.You did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) bought
2. 2.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) eated (d) ate
3. 3.You did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) build (c) builds (d) building
4. 4.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runned
5. 5.Isha ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) will send (c) sent (d) sended
6. 6.She ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) has played (b) plays (c) will play (d) played
7. 7.You did not ___ a song last week. (a) sang (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
8. 8.___ Kunal study science last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
9. 9.___ he ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
10. 10.Nisha ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched
11. 11.She ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) drew
12. 12.I ___ a letter in 2023. (a) will write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) write
13. 13.We did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draws
14. 14.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
15. 15.My parents did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wears (b) wearing (c) wear (d) wore
16. 16.Ira ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) draws (d) drawed
17. 17.___ she dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.___ you drink milk last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
19. 19.The students did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) runs (b) ran (c) run (d) running
20. 20.He did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flew (d) flying
21. 21.They did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
22. 22.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) written (d) writed
23. 23.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) went (d) goed
24. 24.The children did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throw (b) throws (c) threw (d) throwing
25. 25.Nisha ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) has watched (b) watched (c) watches (d) will watch
26. 26.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked
27. 27.We did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
28. 28.He ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washed
29. 29.___ my brother write a letter two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
30. 30.We did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) brought (d) bring
31. 31.They ___ the ball in 2023. (a) threw (b) throw (c) will throw (d) throwed
32. 32.___ she draw a picture last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
33. 33.I ___ the dog last week. (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feed (d) will feed
34. 34.The students did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) threw (b) throws (c) throw (d) throwing
35. 35.My brother ___ the train last Sunday. (a) will take (b) takes (c) took (d) taked
36. 36.___ my friends catch the ball in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
37. 37.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
38. 38.You did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) studies (c) studying (d) study
39. 39.They did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) spoke
40. 40.___ you swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did

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