Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 965 · 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.We ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catch
2. 2.I ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) have watched (b) watched (c) will watch (d) watch
3. 3.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flying (d) flew
4. 4.Myra did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) make (b) made (c) makes (d) making
5. 5.___ my sister clean the room two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
6. 6.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) went (d) going
7. 7.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawed (d) drawing
8. 8.___ she throw the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.They ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) will cook
10. 10.I did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swim
11. 11.I ___ the match last week. (a) win (b) winned (c) won (d) will win
12. 12.___ my friends win the match in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.___ he ride a bicycle last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.She ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rides (b) will ride (c) rided (d) rode
15. 15.I ___ a letter last week. (a) writed (b) will write (c) wrote (d) write
16. 16.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) ridden (d) rode
17. 17.You did not ___ milk last week. (a) drinking (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drank
18. 18.She ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will climb (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) has climbed
19. 19.Aditya did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogging
20. 20.She ___ a cap in 2023. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wore (d) wears
21. 21.I did not ___ the train last week. (a) took (b) taking (c) take (d) takes
22. 22.The children ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) will study (c) have studied (d) studied
23. 23.I ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bring (d) will bring
24. 24.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
25. 25.___ she play cricket in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.My brother ___ a message last Sunday. (a) will send (b) sent (c) sended (d) sends
27. 27.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
28. 28.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwing
29. 29.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
30. 30.He ___ for the team in 2023. (a) has clapped (b) claps (c) will clap (d) clapped
31. 31.Myra did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
32. 32.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
33. 33.My sister did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sending (b) sends (c) send (d) sent
34. 34.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drank
35. 35.I did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bake (b) baked (c) bakes (d) baking
36. 36.You ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) will take (c) take (d) took
37. 37.She did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogs
38. 38.He did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watched (d) watch
39. 39.He ___ a letter in 2023. (a) wrote (b) writes (c) writed (d) will write
40. 40.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent

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