Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 946 · 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.___ you draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.I ___ a mango yesterday. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eated (d) will eat
3. 3.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writed
4. 4.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
5. 5.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
6. 6.We did not ___ a picture last week. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draw
7. 7.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawed
8. 8.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
9. 9.She ___ the match yesterday. (a) will win (b) won (c) wins (d) winned
10. 10.They ___ tea in 2023. (a) will make (b) make (c) maked (d) made
11. 11.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flew (d) flying
12. 12.Vivaan ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) played (c) will play (d) has played
13. 13.My friends did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writes (b) writing (c) write (d) wrote
14. 14.My sister ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buys
15. 15.___ my friends catch the ball yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
16. 16.She ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builded (b) will build (c) builds (d) built
17. 17.___ Riya play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
18. 18.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) took (c) taking (d) taked
19. 19.You did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) danced
20. 20.___ my friends win the match in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
21. 21.I ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) will wash (b) have washed (c) washed (d) wash
22. 22.___ he bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
23. 23.Vivaan ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) will play (b) has played (c) played (d) plays
24. 24.I did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
25. 25.They did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) fed
26. 26.My friends did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
27. 27.___ Farhan buy vegetables last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.___ you study science two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
29. 29.___ Farhan win the match last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.Priya ___ a letter last week. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) writes (d) writed
31. 31.He did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) threw (b) throws (c) throw (d) throwing
32. 32.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
33. 33.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) going (d) gone
34. 34.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
35. 35.You ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) have climbed (d) will climb
36. 36.___ you clap for the team yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
37. 37.We did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flew (d) flies
38. 38.___ we wear a cap in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
39. 39.My sister did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drank
40. 40.Nisha ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) will catch (c) catched (d) caught

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