Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 831 · 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.We ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) have planted (d) plant
2. 2.___ my sister watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
3. 3.My friends ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) drew
4. 4.They did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flying (b) flew (c) flies (d) fly
5. 5.My sister did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) baked
6. 6.___ my friends eat a mango two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
7. 7.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drunk
8. 8.My brother did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catching (b) catch (c) caught (d) catches
9. 9.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) written (d) writed
10. 10.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwing
11. 11.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
12. 12.You ___ a story in 2023. (a) will tell (b) told (c) tell (d) telled
13. 13.You ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
14. 14.Saanvi did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eating (d) eats
15. 15.She ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swims (d) swam
16. 16.___ he feed the dog in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
17. 17.I ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned
18. 18.___ we carry the bag last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
19. 19.___ the students bake a cake in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
20. 20.___ she watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
22. 22.___ you cook rice two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.Kabir ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) builded (c) builds (d) will build
24. 24.Isha did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feed (d) feeds
25. 25.We did not ___ the match last week. (a) wins (b) won (c) win (d) winning
26. 26.My cousins ___ rice last week. (a) cook (b) have cooked (c) will cook (d) cooked
27. 27.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eating (d) eated
28. 28.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
29. 29.You ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wear
30. 30.Myra ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) threw (c) will throw (d) throwed
31. 31.She did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) winning (b) wins (c) won (d) win
32. 32.My brother ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brings (b) bringed (c) brought (d) will bring
33. 33.They ___ a story last week. (a) tell (b) told (c) telled (d) will tell
34. 34.You did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) took (b) takes (c) taking (d) take
35. 35.___ you bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
36. 36.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flyed (c) flew (d) flown
37. 37.We ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) wash (c) have washed (d) will wash
38. 38.___ I write a letter last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
39. 39.___ he send a message two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
40. 40.He ___ in the pool last week. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swims

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