Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 855 · 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 “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flown
2. 2.My parents ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) have cooked (c) cooked (d) will cook
3. 3.We ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) drank (c) drinked (d) will drink
4. 4.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) rode (d) riding
5. 5.I ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bring (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) brought
6. 6.You ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) will jog (d) jogged
7. 7.My brother ___ on the stage last week. (a) has danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dances
8. 8.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eating
9. 9.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) runned (d) run
10. 10.You did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) cook
11. 11.___ he help Grandma yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
12. 12.___ I play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
13. 13.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taken (d) taking
14. 14.He ___ the room in 2023. (a) has cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleans (d) cleaned
15. 15.___ you cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.___ we run in the park yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
17. 17.We did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) playing (c) played (d) play
18. 18.We ___ milk last week. (a) drinked (b) drink (c) drank (d) will drink
19. 19.___ he clean the room last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throwing
21. 21.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked
22. 22.___ we run in the park last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
23. 23.Aarav did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catching (b) catches (c) catch (d) caught
24. 24.We ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) will bake (d) bake
25. 25.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) wore (d) weared
26. 26.Arjun ___ a tree yesterday. (a) has planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) planted
27. 27.I ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) plant (d) have planted
28. 28.My parents ___ to school two days ago. (a) goed (b) go (c) went (d) will go
29. 29.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
30. 30.___ Isha jog in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
31. 31.___ he build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
32. 32.___ they clap for the team yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
33. 33.I ___ vegetables last week. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buy (d) will buy
34. 34.___ my parents clean the room yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
35. 35.My brother did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) studying (c) studied (d) study
36. 36.They ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) will feed (b) feeded (c) fed (d) feed
37. 37.Isha did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbing (b) climbed (c) climb (d) climbs
38. 38.___ I dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
39. 39.My cousins ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) drawed (c) draw (d) will draw
40. 40.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) writing (d) written

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