Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 85 · 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 “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) throwing
2. 2.___ my sister cook rice in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
3. 3.Meera ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builds (b) will build (c) builded (d) built
4. 4.___ Manav tell a story yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
5. 5.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flyed (d) flew
6. 6.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
7. 7.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wearing (d) wore
8. 8.We ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) will eat (b) eat (c) eated (d) ate
9. 9.We did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
10. 10.We ___ cricket last week. (a) have played (b) will play (c) played (d) play
11. 11.___ my sister sing a song yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
12. 12.He did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sending (b) sends (c) sent (d) send
13. 13.___ Isha fly a kite yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
14. 14.Diya did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baked
15. 15.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drunk
16. 16.The students did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
17. 17.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) run (d) runned
18. 18.My sister did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brought (b) bring (c) brings (d) bringing
19. 19.We ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) maked (c) made (d) make
20. 20.She did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carry (d) carrying
21. 21.We did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) write (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writes
22. 22.___ he study science two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
23. 23.We ___ a story last week. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) tell (d) told
24. 24.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
25. 25.They ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swim
26. 26.___ Dev throw the ball yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
27. 27.___ the students catch the ball two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
28. 28.___ she study science last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
29. 29.___ Farhan speak Hindi last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
30. 30.Ishaan ___ the train last week. (a) takes (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
31. 31.___ we play cricket in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.My brother did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) studied
33. 33.___ I carry the bag two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.___ she bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
35. 35.He did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
36. 36.We ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) telled (c) will tell (d) tell
37. 37.You did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sent (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
38. 38.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
39. 39.___ the students take the train yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
40. 40.She ___ the ball two days ago. (a) will catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catched

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