Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 898 · 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 “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
2. 2.My brother ___ the ball two days ago. (a) will catch (b) caught (c) catches (d) catched
3. 3.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
4. 4.___ she dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
5. 5.She ___ the train last Sunday. (a) took (b) taked (c) takes (d) will take
6. 6.___ she wear a cap last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) ridden (c) riding (d) rode
8. 8.She ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bakes (b) has baked (c) will bake (d) baked
9. 9.You ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
10. 10.You did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
11. 11.My friends did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buy (d) buying
12. 12.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
13. 13.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) weared (d) worn
14. 14.___ Zoya catch the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
15. 15.___ you carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
16. 16.My sister did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play (d) playing
17. 17.___ Priya buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
18. 18.___ Ishaan watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.She ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) has watched (b) will watch (c) watched (d) watches
20. 20.They ___ a cake yesterday. (a) have baked (b) will bake (c) baked (d) bake
21. 21.You ___ milk two days ago. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drink
22. 22.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) ate (d) eaten
23. 23.They did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catching (b) caught (c) catches (d) catch
24. 24.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawed
25. 25.You did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buy (d) buying
26. 26.He ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) has studied (c) will study (d) studies
27. 27.We did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runs
28. 28.He did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catches (b) catching (c) caught (d) catch
29. 29.___ my sister dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
30. 30.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
31. 31.He ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) took (c) takes (d) will take
32. 32.___ we throw the ball yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.___ I cook rice yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
34. 34.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) goed (d) went
35. 35.He did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) makes (b) making (c) made (d) make
36. 36.She ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) drew
37. 37.I ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swim
38. 38.___ Rahul wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
39. 39.I did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) buys (c) bought (d) buy
40. 40.Priya did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climb (b) climbed (c) climbing (d) climbs

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