Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 983 · 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) swam (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swimming
2. 2.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
3. 3.She did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) going (b) went (c) goes (d) go
4. 4.My friends ___ in the pool last week. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swim
5. 5.You ___ a tree last week. (a) plant (b) will plant (c) have planted (d) planted
6. 6.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
7. 7.He did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) brought
8. 8.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
9. 9.Nisha did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) winning (b) wins (c) win (d) won
10. 10.They did not ___ science last week. (a) studying (b) studied (c) studies (d) study
11. 11.My friends ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watch (b) watched (c) will watch (d) have watched
12. 12.They ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flew (b) will fly (c) fly (d) flyed
13. 13.___ I take the train last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flew (d) flying
15. 15.He ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) will help (b) has helped (c) helped (d) helps
16. 16.He did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cook
17. 17.Yash did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) threw (b) throw (c) throwing (d) throws
18. 18.___ Kabir clap for the team in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
19. 19.___ we cook rice last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
20. 20.They ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) will feed (c) feed (d) feeded
21. 21.___ we study science last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
22. 22.___ my sister carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
23. 23.Myra ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sended (c) will send (d) sent
24. 24.Omkar ___ a kite last week. (a) flies (b) flew (c) will fly (d) flyed
25. 25.My cousins ___ a song last week. (a) have sung (b) sing (c) will sing (d) sang
26. 26.He ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) ran (b) runned (c) will run (d) runs
27. 27.I did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swims
28. 28.They did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) won (c) winning (d) win
29. 29.I did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) study (c) studies (d) studying
30. 30.My friends ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) have helped (b) helped (c) help (d) will help
31. 31.He did not ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
32. 32.You ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feed (d) will feed
33. 33.___ you carry the bag in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
34. 34.___ my brother bring lunch two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
35. 35.She ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) will tell (c) told (d) telled
36. 36.You did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) ran
37. 37.He did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) clean
38. 38.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) thrown (c) throwed (d) threw
39. 39.They ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) have watched (b) watch (c) watched (d) will watch
40. 40.You did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy

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