Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 863 · 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 “write”? (a) writing (b) writed (c) wrote (d) written
2. 2.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drew
3. 3.I ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) have climbed (c) will climb (d) climb
4. 4.___ Rahul draw a picture two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) spoke
6. 6.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) goed (d) gone
7. 7.We did not ___ a kite last week. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) flew
8. 8.Ira ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) washes (c) will wash (d) has washed
9. 9.I did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swim
10. 10.He ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) will help (b) has helped (c) helps (d) helped
11. 11.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rided
12. 12.Omkar ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) eats (c) will eat (d) eated
13. 13.You ___ in the park last week. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) have jogged (d) jog
14. 14.I ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builded (b) built (c) will build (d) build
15. 15.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
16. 16.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
17. 17.I did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
18. 18.___ Ishaan play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
19. 19.Saanvi did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) playing (c) played (d) play
20. 20.Ishaan did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) sent
21. 21.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flown
22. 22.You ___ a bicycle last week. (a) ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
23. 23.___ he send a message last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.We did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
25. 25.___ my cousins eat a mango yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
26. 26.You did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) winning (b) wins (c) won (d) win
27. 27.Kunal ___ the train last Sunday. (a) will take (b) takes (c) taked (d) took
28. 28.We did not ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) played
29. 29.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drinked
30. 30.My brother did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runs
31. 31.He did not ___ milk last week. (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drinks
32. 32.___ I build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
33. 33.___ I tell a story in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
34. 34.___ I bake a cake in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
35. 35.___ the students clap for the team last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
36. 36.___ Kavya run in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
37. 37.___ I make tea last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
38. 38.We ___ a cake last week. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) bake (d) will bake
39. 39.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
40. 40.My friends ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) sing (c) will sing (d) have sung

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