Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 87 · 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) flying (b) flown (c) flew (d) flyed
2. 2.They ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
3. 3.We ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
4. 4.___ they write a letter yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
5. 5.She ___ a story yesterday. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) tells (d) told
6. 6.The students did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) takes (b) took (c) taking (d) take
7. 7.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
8. 8.I ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) will cook
9. 9.___ I bring lunch last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.Priya ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) has watched (b) watches (c) watched (d) will watch
11. 11.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
12. 12.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) speaking
13. 13.___ I make tea yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
14. 14.Diya ___ lunch last week. (a) bringed (b) will bring (c) brought (d) brings
15. 15.___ my friends catch the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
16. 16.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writed (d) written
17. 17.___ my parents go to school in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
18. 18.He ___ a story two days ago. (a) will tell (b) tells (c) told (d) telled
19. 19.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
20. 20.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drew
21. 21.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
22. 22.I did not ___ science last week. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) studied
23. 23.We did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sending (b) sent (c) send (d) sends
24. 24.Pooja did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) ate
25. 25.I did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) won
26. 26.She did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
27. 27.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
28. 28.I did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swam
29. 29.She ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will climb (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) has climbed
30. 30.___ they win the match in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.My brother ___ a cap yesterday. (a) will wear (b) wore (c) weared (d) wears
32. 32.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) eated (d) ate
33. 33.Ananya did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbed
34. 34.We did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helps (b) helping (c) help (d) helped
35. 35.He ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) will plant (c) has planted (d) planted
36. 36.You ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) have sung (d) sing
37. 37.Tara ___ the room last week. (a) has cleaned (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) will clean
38. 38.She did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbed (d) climbs
39. 39.I ___ a message last Sunday. (a) send (b) will send (c) sended (d) sent
40. 40.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) weared (d) worn

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