Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 836 · 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.My friends ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) jogged
2. 2.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) worn (d) wore
3. 3.___ Pooja throw the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.We did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tells (b) telling (c) told (d) tell
5. 5.They ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) have clapped (c) will clap (d) clap
6. 6.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
7. 7.___ my parents drink milk yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
8. 8.They did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) studied
9. 9.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked
10. 10.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) went (d) gone
11. 11.We did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swam
12. 12.___ you jog in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.My cousins ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buyed (b) buy (c) bought (d) will buy
14. 14.You did not ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
15. 15.You ___ a kite yesterday. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) flew (d) fly
16. 16.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flying
17. 17.You did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studied (c) studies (d) studying
18. 18.We did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writes (b) write (c) wrote (d) writing
19. 19.I did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) play (c) played (d) playing
20. 20.We did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taking (b) take (c) takes (d) took
21. 21.Neel ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feeds
22. 22.___ she wear a cap yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
23. 23.___ Pooja plant a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.Neel did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaned
25. 25.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drew
26. 26.They did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flew (b) flying (c) flies (d) fly
27. 27.He did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) made
28. 28.You did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eats (b) eat (c) eating (d) ate
29. 29.We ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) will dance (b) have danced (c) dance (d) danced
30. 30.Dev ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) will play (d) has played
31. 31.Rohan did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogged
32. 32.You did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catches (b) catching (c) caught (d) catch
33. 33.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
34. 34.___ they watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
35. 35.I ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eat (b) will eat (c) eated (d) ate
36. 36.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eated (d) eaten
37. 37.___ my brother feed the dog yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
38. 38.___ Diya make tea last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
39. 39.___ she win the match yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) took (d) taken

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