Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 851 · 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 “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
2. 2.He ___ a picture two days ago. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) drew (d) draws
3. 3.___ she catch the ball yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
4. 4.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flying (d) flew
5. 5.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wearing (d) wore
6. 6.We ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
7. 7.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
8. 8.She did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helping (b) helps (c) helped (d) help
9. 9.We ___ lunch yesterday. (a) will bring (b) bring (c) brought (d) bringed
10. 10.___ Zoya carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
11. 11.___ we bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.___ we send a message two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
13. 13.He did not ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sending (c) sends (d) send
14. 14.My friends ___ a kite two days ago. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) flew (d) will fly
15. 15.I ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) will wash (b) washed (c) have washed (d) wash
16. 16.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
17. 17.Arjun ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swims (c) will swim (d) swimmed
18. 18.___ Pooja go to school yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
19. 19.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
20. 20.___ my friends catch the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
21. 21.She did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) eat (c) eating (d) ate
22. 22.___ she draw a picture yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
23. 23.___ we build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.Kavya did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) went (b) go (c) going (d) goes
25. 25.We ___ a story last week. (a) telled (b) told (c) tell (d) will tell
26. 26.Rohan ___ a letter two days ago. (a) will write (b) writes (c) wrote (d) writed
27. 27.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
28. 28.I did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helps (b) helping (c) helped (d) help
29. 29.I ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buy (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buyed
30. 30.___ Sneha watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
31. 31.___ she buy vegetables last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.My brother did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
33. 33.We ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) have watched (c) will watch (d) watched
34. 34.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
35. 35.You ___ a tree last week. (a) climbed (b) have climbed (c) climb (d) will climb
36. 36.Arjun ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) will cook
37. 37.___ I play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
38. 38.Kavya ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watched (b) has watched (c) will watch (d) watches
39. 39.They did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
40. 40.___ Myra eat a mango two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does

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