Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 842 · 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 “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swimmed (d) swam
2. 2.He ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) will carry (b) carries (c) carried (d) has carried
3. 3.We ___ on the stage last week. (a) will dance (b) dance (c) have danced (d) danced
4. 4.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
5. 5.My parents did not ___ to school last week. (a) go (b) going (c) went (d) goes
6. 6.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) taken (d) took
7. 7.You did not ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) cleans
8. 8.You ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) help (b) have helped (c) helped (d) will help
9. 9.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
10. 10.___ you jog in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
11. 11.___ Yash ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
12. 12.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wore (d) wearing
13. 13.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) sing (c) will sing (d) have sung
14. 14.___ you tell a story two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
15. 15.___ I throw the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
16. 16.She ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) rided (c) rides (d) rode
17. 17.Rahul ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) will wash (b) washed (c) washes (d) has washed
18. 18.Vivaan did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
19. 19.We did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
20. 20.She ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) drawed (c) drew (d) will draw
21. 21.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
22. 22.You ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) will clean (d) clean
23. 23.___ you fly a kite yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
24. 24.My sister did not ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buys (b) buy (c) buying (d) bought
25. 25.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throwing
26. 26.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
27. 27.___ we ride a bicycle last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.Dev ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) has washed (b) washes (c) will wash (d) washed
29. 29.Rahul ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flew (b) will fly (c) flies (d) flyed
30. 30.He did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writes
31. 31.Aarav ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watched (c) has watched (d) will watch
32. 32.___ Vivaan win the match two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.___ Rohan wash the dishes last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
34. 34.My parents did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throws (b) throw (c) throwing (d) threw
35. 35.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
36. 36.My brother ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) has danced (b) danced (c) dances (d) will dance
37. 37.Isha did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) go (b) went (c) going (d) goes
38. 38.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
39. 39.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
40. 40.I ___ a message two days ago. (a) send (b) sended (c) will send (d) sent

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