Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 93 · 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 “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawing (c) drawn (d) drawed
2. 2.___ Manav clean the room last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
3. 3.___ my sister catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.___ my brother cook rice last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
5. 5.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
6. 6.We did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catch (d) catching
7. 7.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimmed
8. 8.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
9. 9.They ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throwed (d) will throw
10. 10.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinking
11. 11.Rohan did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jog
12. 12.I ___ the ball last week. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throwed (d) will throw
13. 13.My brother ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwed (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throws
14. 14.I did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbed
15. 15.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) have jogged (c) will jog (d) jog
16. 16.___ we play cricket in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) speaking
18. 18.Manav did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) ate
19. 19.I did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carried
20. 20.___ we watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.I ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) will speak (b) speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
22. 22.You did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
23. 23.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
24. 24.The students did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) telling (c) tell (d) tells
25. 25.___ you make tea yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
26. 26.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
27. 27.___ I watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
28. 28.You ___ a song yesterday. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sing (d) sang
29. 29.Aditya ___ a tree last week. (a) has planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) planted
30. 30.We did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapping
31. 31.___ he carry the bag last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.I did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
33. 33.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
34. 34.___ you wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
35. 35.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) eaten (d) ate
36. 36.I did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) write (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writes
37. 37.Meera did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
38. 38.We did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaks
39. 39.Kabir did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
40. 40.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) running (d) run

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