Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 103 · 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 “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) run (d) running
2. 2.They did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) clap
3. 3.___ my sister run in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
4. 4.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
5. 5.___ my parents speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
6. 6.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
7. 7.You ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) helped (d) help
8. 8.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
9. 9.My sister did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) tells (b) telling (c) told (d) tell
10. 10.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) spoken
11. 11.___ we plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
13. 13.We did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) wearing (c) wear (d) wears
14. 14.You did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
15. 15.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
16. 16.My sister did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
17. 17.Kavya did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writes (d) writing
18. 18.I ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swim
19. 19.Priya ___ a tree last week. (a) will climb (b) has climbed (c) climbs (d) climbed
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) wrote (d) writed
21. 21.___ my brother jog in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
22. 22.I ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) ride
23. 23.___ he tell a story last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.They ___ a song in 2023. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) have sung (d) sing
25. 25.___ we bring lunch in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
26. 26.I did not ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) telling (c) tell (d) tells
27. 27.He ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draws (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) drew
28. 28.___ she go to school in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
29. 29.She ___ on the stage last week. (a) has danced (b) dances (c) will dance (d) danced
30. 30.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
31. 31.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
32. 32.You did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) danced
33. 33.I did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) baked
34. 34.___ they send a message last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
35. 35.We ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) jogged
36. 36.The children ___ science two days ago. (a) will study (b) have studied (c) studied (d) study
37. 37.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
38. 38.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
39. 39.You ___ a song two days ago. (a) sang (b) sing (c) have sung (d) will sing
40. 40.She ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runned (b) runs (c) ran (d) will run

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