Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 976 · 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 “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swum
2. 2.He ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) will throw (c) throwed (d) threw
3. 3.Arjun did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
4. 4.You did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides (d) rode
5. 5.___ she study science in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
6. 6.___ she clap for the team two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
7. 7.We did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drew (b) drawing (c) draws (d) draw
8. 8.They ___ cricket in 2023. (a) play (b) played (c) will play (d) have played
9. 9.He ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) will dance (b) has danced (c) danced (d) dances
10. 10.___ he take the train yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
11. 11.___ Rahul throw the ball yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
12. 12.You did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bringing (d) bring
13. 13.I did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) builds (c) build (d) building
14. 14.The students did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baking (b) bake (c) baked (d) bakes
15. 15.We ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wore
16. 16.They ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feed (b) will feed (c) feeded (d) fed
17. 17.___ my friends cook rice last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.___ he feed the dog yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
19. 19.They did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tells (b) telling (c) told (d) tell
20. 20.___ Zoya ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.___ they bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
22. 22.We ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) danced (d) will dance
23. 23.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) rided (c) riding (d) ridden
24. 24.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
25. 25.My brother ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooks (b) has cooked (c) will cook (d) cooked
26. 26.I ___ the dog last week. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeded (d) will feed
27. 27.The children ___ science last week. (a) will study (b) have studied (c) study (d) studied
28. 28.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
29. 29.I did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feed (d) feeding
30. 30.We did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) cleans
31. 31.Nisha ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeds (d) will feed
32. 32.___ she clap for the team in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
33. 33.You did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catching (b) caught (c) catch (d) catches
34. 34.___ I draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.You ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flyed (b) will fly (c) fly (d) flew
36. 36.My brother ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) will buy (b) buyed (c) bought (d) buys
37. 37.You did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dances (d) dance
38. 38.Myra did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brings (d) brought
39. 39.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throwed (d) thrown
40. 40.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught

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