Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 821 · 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.Ira ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) has washed (c) washed (d) will wash
2. 2.___ I help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
3. 3.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writing (d) written
4. 4.___ Kabir plant a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
5. 5.We did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) telling (b) told (c) tell (d) tells
6. 6.My friends did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) help (c) helped (d) helping
7. 7.I ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) bought (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) buy
8. 8.My sister ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will jog (b) has jogged (c) jogged (d) jogs
9. 9.The children ___ a story last week. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
10. 10.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taked (d) taken
11. 11.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
12. 12.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
13. 13.Kunal ___ science last week. (a) will study (b) studies (c) has studied (d) studied
14. 14.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
15. 15.They ___ for the team in 2023. (a) have clapped (b) clap (c) will clap (d) clapped
16. 16.They ___ milk two days ago. (a) drink (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drank
17. 17.They ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned
18. 18.You did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
19. 19.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drunk
20. 20.You did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baking (b) baked (c) bake (d) bakes
21. 21.I did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) bought
22. 22.___ the students swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
23. 23.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flown
24. 24.We ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) draw (d) drawed
25. 25.Diya ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) studies (c) will study (d) has studied
26. 26.___ we write a letter yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
27. 27.___ my brother build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
28. 28.Kabir ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catched (b) catches (c) will catch (d) caught
29. 29.Kunal did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
30. 30.He did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buying (d) buy
31. 31.___ my cousins swim in the pool last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
32. 32.___ my brother bring lunch two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.___ Isha ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
34. 34.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rode (d) rided
35. 35.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwing
36. 36.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drawing
37. 37.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) runned (d) ran
38. 38.Aarav did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taking (b) took (c) take (d) takes
39. 39.He ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) has helped (b) helps (c) helped (d) will help
40. 40.My sister did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) made (b) making (c) makes (d) make

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