Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 912 · 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) winned (c) won
2. 2.___ she watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
3. 3.___ they bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
4. 4.___ Pooja watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
5. 5.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
6. 6.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
7. 7.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) taking (d) took
8. 8.The students did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) draws (c) drawing (d) draw
9. 9.Ishaan did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wore
10. 10.He ___ lunch two days ago. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) brings
11. 11.I ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eat (c) will eat (d) eated
12. 12.My brother did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) clean
13. 13.I ___ a letter last week. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) writed (d) write
14. 14.You ___ a cap yesterday. (a) weared (b) wear (c) wore (d) will wear
15. 15.___ you plant a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.___ I climb a tree last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
17. 17.My parents ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) will ride (b) ride (c) rided (d) rode
18. 18.Aditya ___ rice two days ago. (a) has cooked (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) will cook
19. 19.___ Karan plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
20. 20.Aditya did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) goes (c) going (d) went
21. 21.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eaten (d) eating
22. 22.___ you plant a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.We ___ a story two days ago. (a) telled (b) told (c) tell (d) will tell
24. 24.I ___ the ball in 2023. (a) caught (b) will catch (c) catch (d) catched
25. 25.They ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) have danced (b) dance (c) danced (d) will dance
26. 26.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoke
27. 27.I ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
28. 28.She ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wears (b) weared (c) wore (d) will wear
29. 29.He ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catched (b) catches (c) caught (d) will catch
30. 30.You did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sing (d) sings
31. 31.She did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) making (b) makes (c) made (d) make
32. 32.You did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) danced (d) dances
33. 33.___ Sneha go to school last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
34. 34.Sneha ___ the bag yesterday. (a) has carried (b) carries (c) will carry (d) carried
35. 35.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) writed (c) written (d) wrote
36. 36.___ you watch a cartoon last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
37. 37.She did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
38. 38.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
39. 39.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) ran (d) run
40. 40.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) threw

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