Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 95 · 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 “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
2. 2.They did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) washes (c) washing (d) wash
3. 3.___ you play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
4. 4.Saanvi did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) goes (b) went (c) going (d) go
5. 5.___ you cook rice yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
6. 6.Kabir ___ the ball last week. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) throws (d) threw
7. 7.He did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
8. 8.They did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) telling (b) tells (c) tell (d) told
9. 9.The students ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builded (b) build (c) built (d) will build
10. 10.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drank
11. 11.Aarav ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) writes (c) will write (d) writed
12. 12.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) throwed (d) threw
13. 13.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) runned (d) running
14. 14.___ you buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
15. 15.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
16. 16.___ you write a letter last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.___ I clean the room last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
18. 18.___ they throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
19. 19.___ they make tea last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.Sneha ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) eats (d) ate
21. 21.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
22. 22.___ I take the train two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
23. 23.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
24. 24.You did not ___ in the park last week. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) ran
25. 25.They ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) will fly (d) flew
26. 26.We ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) caught (c) catched (d) will catch
27. 27.I ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flew (b) fly (c) will fly (d) flyed
28. 28.Manav ___ the match last week. (a) won (b) winned (c) wins (d) will win
29. 29.You ___ a cartoon last week. (a) have watched (b) watch (c) will watch (d) watched
30. 30.I did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
31. 31.Riya did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clap
32. 32.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
33. 33.You ___ science in 2023. (a) have studied (b) studied (c) will study (d) study
34. 34.You did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cooks
35. 35.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
36. 36.I ___ a cake two days ago. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) have baked (d) bake
37. 37.You did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jogs
38. 38.My brother ___ a letter in 2023. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writes
39. 39.I did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) winning (b) win (c) wins (d) won
40. 40.My friends ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) tell (d) told

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