Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 812 · 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 “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swum
2. 2.___ you jog in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
3. 3.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drinked
4. 4.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawing
5. 5.They ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) throw
6. 6.___ we buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
7. 7.She did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watched (d) watches
8. 8.My friends ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watch (d) watched
9. 9.He did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washed (d) washing
10. 10.___ you dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
11. 11.He ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) will swim
12. 12.You ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) watched (d) have watched
13. 13.Ira did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eating (b) eat (c) eats (d) ate
14. 14.Nisha did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) won (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
15. 15.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
16. 16.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
17. 17.___ Rohan study science last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
18. 18.The children ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) have climbed (d) will climb
19. 19.Kabir did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
20. 20.I did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
21. 21.___ they plant a tree yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
23. 23.___ you go to school yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.You ___ Hindi last week. (a) speak (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) will speak
25. 25.My brother ___ Grandma last week. (a) helps (b) has helped (c) helped (d) will help
26. 26.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) taked (d) took
27. 27.They did not ___ a story last week. (a) telling (b) tell (c) told (d) tells
28. 28.They ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) have planted (c) will plant (d) plant
29. 29.___ Manav feed the dog in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
30. 30.Aditya ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) has clapped (c) will clap (d) clapped
31. 31.You did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) send (b) sent (c) sending (d) sends
32. 32.___ Saanvi ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
33. 33.We ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) will eat (b) eat (c) eated (d) ate
34. 34.___ my cousins help Grandma yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
35. 35.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
36. 36.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
37. 37.___ the students bring lunch last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
38. 38.She ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) has jogged (d) will jog
39. 39.My sister did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) jog
40. 40.I did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) ride (c) riding (d) rides

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