Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 834 · 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 “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
2. 2.We did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jogging
3. 3.I did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catching (b) catches (c) catch (d) caught
4. 4.___ my cousins tell a story in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
5. 5.Vivaan ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helps (b) helped (c) has helped (d) will help
6. 6.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimming
7. 7.___ they fly a kite yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
8. 8.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
9. 9.___ I watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
10. 10.___ she swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
11. 11.___ he help Grandma last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
12. 12.The children ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catch
13. 13.He did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) helped
14. 14.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
15. 15.You ___ a song last Sunday. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sang (d) sing
16. 16.___ he drink milk in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
17. 17.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawn
18. 18.___ we sing a song last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
19. 19.You did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flew (b) flying (c) flies (d) fly
20. 20.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flew
21. 21.You did not ___ a song last week. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sings (d) sing
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
23. 23.You ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) have watched (c) will watch (d) watched
24. 24.___ I swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
25. 25.You did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
26. 26.We did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catching (b) caught (c) catches (d) catch
27. 27.My parents ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinked (b) drink (c) drank (d) will drink
28. 28.You did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) planted
29. 29.They ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) ride (c) will ride (d) rided
30. 30.___ Aarav bake a cake two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
31. 31.Neel did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flew (d) flying
32. 32.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) have jogged (d) jog
33. 33.___ my parents wear a cap last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
34. 34.They ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catched (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catch
35. 35.You ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swim (d) swimmed
36. 36.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) jogged
37. 37.___ Zoya clean the room last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.I did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
39. 39.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) runned (d) run
40. 40.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throwed (d) thrown

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