Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 1 · 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 “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flown (d) flyed
2. 2.You ___ a message last Sunday. (a) will send (b) sent (c) sended (d) send
3. 3.You ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
4. 4.Kabir did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) wearing (c) wore (d) wear
5. 5.They ___ science last week. (a) have studied (b) study (c) studied (d) will study
6. 6.___ you study science yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
7. 7.You ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swim (b) swimmed (c) will swim (d) swam
8. 8.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimmed
9. 9.My brother did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writes (b) write (c) writing (d) wrote
10. 10.My brother did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) made (c) making (d) make
11. 11.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
12. 12.We ___ cricket in 2023. (a) will play (b) played (c) play (d) have played
13. 13.My sister did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
14. 14.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
15. 15.Diya did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaned
16. 16.___ my sister wear a cap two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
17. 17.___ Tara bring lunch in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
18. 18.They did not ___ for the team last week. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) clapped (d) clap
19. 19.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) eaten (d) ate
20. 20.We ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clap (b) clapped (c) have clapped (d) will clap
21. 21.My brother ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writed (b) will write (c) wrote (d) writes
22. 22.We did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) buying (c) bought (d) buy
23. 23.She ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) will dance (b) has danced (c) dances (d) danced
24. 24.I ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swim
25. 25.They ___ a cap two days ago. (a) weared (b) wear (c) wore (d) will wear
26. 26.___ he watch a cartoon last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
27. 27.Kunal did not ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) goes (c) going (d) go
28. 28.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
29. 29.She ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) speaks (d) will speak
30. 30.My parents did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) flew
31. 31.The children ___ rice two days ago. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cook (d) cooked
32. 32.___ Kavya clap for the team last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.We ___ cricket last week. (a) will play (b) played (c) play (d) have played
34. 34.Aarav ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will climb (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) has climbed
35. 35.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
36. 36.I ___ a story in 2023. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) told (d) telled
37. 37.She did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dance (d) dances
38. 38.We did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapping
39. 39.___ I write a letter in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
40. 40.He did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) bought

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