Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 843 · 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 “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
2. 2.Saanvi did not ___ the train last week. (a) took (b) takes (c) take (d) taking
3. 3.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
4. 4.You did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drank
5. 5.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) took (c) taked (d) taking
6. 6.He did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) play (b) playing (c) plays (d) played
7. 7.You did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) running (b) runs (c) run (d) ran
8. 8.They ___ the bag two days ago. (a) have carried (b) carry (c) will carry (d) carried
9. 9.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drinked
10. 10.You ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) have climbed (b) climbed (c) climb (d) will climb
11. 11.She did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
12. 12.She did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helps (b) helping (c) helped (d) help
13. 13.The children ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builded (b) will build (c) built (d) build
14. 14.He did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
15. 15.Ira did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) draw (c) drawing (d) draws
16. 16.He did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) threw (b) throws (c) throw (d) throwing
17. 17.You ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) tell (c) will tell (d) telled
18. 18.My friends ___ cricket in 2023. (a) will play (b) play (c) played (d) have played
19. 19.Ananya did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
20. 20.___ they throw the ball yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
21. 21.You did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wearing (d) wear
22. 22.___ Aisha make tea last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
23. 23.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
24. 24.My brother ___ the match yesterday. (a) will win (b) wins (c) winned (d) won
25. 25.___ you clap for the team in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) throwed (d) threw
27. 27.Kavya did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) take (b) took (c) takes (d) taking
28. 28.They did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) won
29. 29.I ___ a message last week. (a) will send (b) send (c) sended (d) sent
30. 30.___ we feed the dog yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
31. 31.He did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) planted (c) planting (d) plants
32. 32.Kavya ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) planted (c) will plant (d) has planted
33. 33.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) worn (d) weared
34. 34.Kabir did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) sent (c) send (d) sending
35. 35.___ the children feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
36. 36.She did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) made
37. 37.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
38. 38.Aisha did not ___ tea last week. (a) making (b) make (c) made (d) makes
39. 39.He ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) draws (d) drawed
40. 40.The students did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brings

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