Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 108 · 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.You did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wears (d) wear
2. 2.The students did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) washes (c) washing (d) wash
3. 3.___ they buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.She ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swims
5. 5.My friends ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) will cook
6. 6.Isha did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) climb (d) climbing
7. 7.Priya ___ rice last Sunday. (a) has cooked (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) will cook
8. 8.We ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) will wash (b) wash (c) washed (d) have washed
9. 9.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
10. 10.___ she take the train last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
11. 11.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writed (c) written (d) writing
12. 12.___ you fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
13. 13.He did not ___ a story last week. (a) telling (b) told (c) tell (d) tells
14. 14.___ the students play cricket two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
16. 16.___ Myra send a message in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
17. 17.___ my sister feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) goed (d) going
19. 19.You ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) draw (c) drew (d) will draw
20. 20.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
21. 21.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
22. 22.___ they play cricket last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
23. 23.She ___ for the team last week. (a) has clapped (b) will clap (c) claps (d) clapped
24. 24.I did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cooked
25. 25.I did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaks
26. 26.I ___ the train yesterday. (a) taked (b) took (c) will take (d) take
27. 27.My brother did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) studied
28. 28.You ___ the room two days ago. (a) have cleaned (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) will clean
29. 29.My sister ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) sended (c) will send (d) sends
30. 30.___ he make tea two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
31. 31.She ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) rided (c) will ride (d) rode
32. 32.They ___ milk last week. (a) will drink (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drink
33. 33.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
34. 34.My brother did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) catching (c) caught (d) catches
35. 35.She ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) has cooked (d) will cook
36. 36.Farhan did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brings (b) bring (c) brought (d) bringing
37. 37.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) jog
38. 38.___ I win the match two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.They did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
40. 40.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) ridden (d) rode

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