Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 960 · 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 “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) threw (d) thrown
2. 2.You did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
3. 3.___ you send a message in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.___ you speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
5. 5.They ___ a message last Sunday. (a) will send (b) sended (c) send (d) sent
6. 6.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) taked (d) took
7. 7.Ira did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throw (d) throwing
8. 8.We ___ the ball last week. (a) catch (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catched
9. 9.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
10. 10.She ___ the ball last week. (a) catches (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catched
11. 11.My parents ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rode (b) ride (c) will ride (d) rided
12. 12.Ira did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) clap (d) clapped
13. 13.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) written (d) writed
14. 14.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) went (d) going
15. 15.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
16. 16.She did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogging
17. 17.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
18. 18.___ he sing a song two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
19. 19.___ my parents go to school last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
20. 20.You ___ science last week. (a) study (b) have studied (c) will study (d) studied
21. 21.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swimming
22. 22.My sister ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washed (b) has washed (c) will wash (d) washes
23. 23.They did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) win (c) won (d) winning
24. 24.They ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) watch
25. 25.Omkar did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sang (d) sing
26. 26.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) have jogged
27. 27.___ my sister drink milk two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
28. 28.They ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catched (b) catch (c) will catch (d) caught
29. 29.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
30. 30.We did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) studied
31. 31.___ Ishaan jog in the park last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
32. 32.___ my parents fly a kite last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
33. 33.You did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) carried
34. 34.He did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feeding
35. 35.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drunk
36. 36.Ira did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) takes (b) take (c) took (d) taking
37. 37.We ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wear (b) wore (c) will wear (d) weared
38. 38.Myra did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) write (b) writes (c) wrote (d) writing
39. 39.Vivaan ___ tea last week. (a) will make (b) made (c) maked (d) makes
40. 40.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) rode (c) riding (d) ridden

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