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Simple past tense

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Which sentence is in the simple past tense?

a)

a) She will visit her grandma tomorrow.

b)

b) She visited her grandma yesterday.

c)

c) She visits her grandma every weekend.

d)

d) She is visiting her grandma now.

2.

2. What is the correct past tense form of the verb "go"?

a)

a) Goes

b)

b) Gone

c)

c) Went

d)

d) Going

3.

3. Choose the correct sentence in the past tense:

a)

a) I eat breakfast at 7 a.m.

b)

b) I am eating breakfast now.

c)

c) I ate breakfast at 7 a.m. yesterday.

d)

d) I will eat breakfast tomorrow.

4.

4. Which word is used to form a negative sentence in the simple past tense?

a)

a) Don’t

b)

b) Doesn’t

c)

c) Didn’t

d)

d) Won’t

5.

5. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb:

"I ______ (watch) a movie last night."

a)

a) watch

b)

b) watches

c)

c) watched

d)

d) watching

6.

6. What is the correct question form in the simple past tense?

a)

a) Did you went to the park yesterday?

b)

b) Did you go to the park yesterday?

c)

) Do you go to the park yesterday?

d)

d) Does you go to the park yesterday?

7.

7. Which verb is irregular in the simple past tense?

a)

a) Play → Played

b)

b) Work → Worked

c)

c) Go → Went

d)

d) Talk → Talked

8.

8. Fill in the blank with the correct verb:

"They ______ (not finish) their homework last night."

a)

a) don’t finish

b)

b) didn’t finish

c)

c) doesn’t finish

d)

d) not finish

9.

9. Choose the correct sentence in the simple past tense:

a)

a) She didn’t liked the movie.

b)

b) She not like the movie.

c)

c) She didn’t like the movie.

d)

d) She doesn’t like the movie.

10.

10. What is the past tense of "write"?

a)

a) Write

b)

b) Wrote

c)

c) Written

d)

d) Writing

11.

11. Complete the sentence with the correct verb form:

"We ______ (visit) the museum last Saturday."

a)

a) visits

b)

b) visited

c)

c) visiting

d)

d) visit

12.

12. Identify the verb in the simple past tense:

"He read the book in one day."

a)

a) read

b)

b) reads

c)

c) reading

d)

d) will read

13.

13. Choose the correct negative sentence in the simple past tense:

a)

a) He not went to school yesterday.

b)

b) He didn’t go to school yesterday.

c)

c) He doesn’t go to school yesterday.

d)

d) He wasn’t go to school yesterday.

14.

14. Fill in the blank:

"Last night, we ______ (see) a shooting star in the sky."

a)

a) sees

b)

b) saw

c)

c) seeing

d)

d) see

15.

5. Rearrange the words to form a correct sentence in the past tense:

"party / enjoyed / we / last night / the."

a)

a) Last night, we enjoyed the party.

b)

b) We last night enjoyed the party

c)

c) We enjoyed the party last night.

d)

d) Both a and c.

16.

6. Which of these verbs is irregular in the past tense?

a)

a) Walk

b)

b) Cook

c)

c) Drink

d)

d) Talk

17.

7. Form a question in the simple past tense:

"____ she ______ (play) soccer yesterday?"

a)

a) Did, play

b)

b) Does, play

c)

c) Did, played

d)

d) Was, played

18.

18. Fill in the blanks:

"They ______ (not eat) dinner at home last night."

a)

a) doesn’t eat

b)

b) didn’t eat

c)

c) not eat

d)

d) didn’t ate

19.

19. Choose the correct past tense form:

"We ______ (be) at the beach last weekend."

a)

a) is

b)

b) are

c)

c) was

d)

d) were

20.

20. Rewrite the sentence in the past tense:

"She writes a letter to her friend."

a)

a) She wrote a letter to her friend.

b)

b) She writing a letter to her friend.

c)

c) She write a letter to her friend.

d)

d) She has wrote a letter to her friend.

21.

Write your answers in full sentences using the past simple tense.

What did you do last weekend?

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22.

Write your answers in full sentences using the past simple tense.

Where did you go for your last holiday?

4 lines
23.

Write your answers in full sentences using the past simple tense.

How did you celebrate your last birthday?

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