Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 861 · 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 “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taken (d) taking
2. 2.___ my friends go to school two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
3. 3.We ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) help (b) will help (c) have helped (d) helped
4. 4.We ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
5. 5.___ Arjun carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
6. 6.Diya ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned
7. 7.I ___ a cap in 2023. (a) weared (b) wear (c) wore (d) will wear
8. 8.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
9. 9.She did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) took (c) takes (d) taking
10. 10.They ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buyed (d) will buy
11. 11.My sister did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carried
12. 12.They did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) flew
13. 13.We did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throw (d) throwing
14. 14.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
15. 15.She ___ the room yesterday. (a) has cleaned (b) cleans (c) will clean (d) cleaned
16. 16.I did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
17. 17.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
18. 18.You did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) danced
19. 19.___ my brother plant a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
20. 20.You did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throwing (b) throw (c) threw (d) throws
21. 21.He did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) flew
22. 22.Rohan did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feed
23. 23.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
24. 24.___ Karan wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
25. 25.___ my friends help Grandma two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
26. 26.We did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) played
27. 27.My brother did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) climbing
28. 28.I ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sended (b) send (c) sent (d) will send
29. 29.He ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will run (b) runs (c) runned (d) ran
30. 30.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
31. 31.We did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
32. 32.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
33. 33.My cousins did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
34. 34.She ___ a kite last week. (a) flies (b) flew (c) flyed (d) will fly
35. 35.Isha ___ the ball in 2023. (a) will catch (b) catched (c) catches (d) caught
36. 36.He ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helps (b) has helped (c) will help (d) helped
37. 37.My cousins ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) jogged (c) jog (d) will jog
38. 38.You ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sended (b) send (c) sent (d) will send
39. 39.He ___ a message two days ago. (a) sended (b) sends (c) sent (d) will send
40. 40.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimmed

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