Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 839 · 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 “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) running
2. 2.I ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) watched (d) have watched
3. 3.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
4. 4.You ___ a message last week. (a) send (b) will send (c) sent (d) sended
5. 5.Ira ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rides (d) rided
6. 6.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
7. 7.We ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) will build (c) builded (d) build
8. 8.___ he send a message in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
9. 9.___ Vivaan wear a cap yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
10. 10.___ Meera jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
11. 11.She did not ___ the ball last week. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throw
12. 12.___ I run in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
13. 13.She ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swims (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
14. 14.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) written (d) writed
15. 15.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
16. 16.___ my brother jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
17. 17.Isha ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eated (d) will eat
18. 18.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) eated (d) ate
19. 19.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
20. 20.We ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) winned (c) win (d) will win
21. 21.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) weared (c) worn (d) wore
22. 22.She did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catching (b) catches (c) catch (d) caught
23. 23.They did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watched (d) watch
24. 24.My parents did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drew (b) drawing (c) draws (d) draw
25. 25.We ___ the room last week. (a) have cleaned (b) clean (c) will clean (d) cleaned
26. 26.___ Sneha catch the ball yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
27. 27.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
28. 28.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawed
29. 29.You ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carry (b) carried (c) have carried (d) will carry
30. 30.You did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) ate (b) eating (c) eat (d) eats
31. 31.The children ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) will win (c) winned (d) win
32. 32.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flew (d) flying
33. 33.Dev ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) has washed (c) washes (d) will wash
34. 34.She did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) winning (b) won (c) win (d) wins
35. 35.They did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) made (b) making (c) makes (d) make
36. 36.We did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carried
37. 37.The children ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eated (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eat
38. 38.___ the students win the match in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
39. 39.My cousins ___ cricket yesterday. (a) will play (b) play (c) have played (d) played
40. 40.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throwed (d) thrown

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