Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 97 · 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.___ I build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.We did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched (d) watching
3. 3.___ you drink milk last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam
5. 5.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) throwing
6. 6.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawn
7. 7.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
8. 8.___ Rahul plant a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
9. 9.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) rode (d) ridden
10. 10.We ___ the match yesterday. (a) winned (b) win (c) will win (d) won
11. 11.He ___ a cap last week. (a) wears (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wore
12. 12.She ___ to school yesterday. (a) goes (b) goed (c) will go (d) went
13. 13.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
14. 14.___ she send a message in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
15. 15.Aarav did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
16. 16.___ I clean the room yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
17. 17.I did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runs
18. 18.My sister did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) took (c) takes (d) taking
19. 19.He ___ on the stage last week. (a) will dance (b) dances (c) danced (d) has danced
20. 20.My friends ___ a cake in 2023. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) bake (d) will bake
21. 21.I ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throw (d) will throw
22. 22.___ they win the match yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
23. 23.He ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
24. 24.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will run (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
25. 25.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) wrote (d) writing
26. 26.Diya ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) will sing (c) has sung (d) sang
27. 27.Nisha ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catches (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catched
28. 28.She ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swims
29. 29.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taken (d) taking
30. 30.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
31. 31.___ Aditya drink milk yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
32. 32.I ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wear (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wore
33. 33.My cousins did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) played
34. 34.My parents ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) will dance (c) dance (d) have danced
35. 35.___ Manav write a letter yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
36. 36.___ she drink milk last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
37. 37.Arjun did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feed
38. 38.I ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwed (b) throw (c) will throw (d) threw
39. 39.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
40. 40.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned

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