Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 135 · 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.Nisha did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) build (c) building (d) builds
2. 2.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimmed
3. 3.___ my parents play cricket in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
4. 4.He ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) will build (c) builded (d) built
5. 5.You ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) will study (c) studied (d) have studied
6. 6.My parents did not ___ science last week. (a) studies (b) study (c) studied (d) studying
7. 7.My cousins ___ a message two days ago. (a) send (b) sended (c) will send (d) sent
8. 8.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flyed (c) flew (d) flown
9. 9.You ___ a cake yesterday. (a) have baked (b) bake (c) will bake (d) baked
10. 10.___ the students wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
11. 11.___ Rahul study science two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.My friends did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) washed
13. 13.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
14. 14.___ we buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
16. 16.You ___ the train yesterday. (a) taked (b) took (c) take (d) will take
17. 17.They ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) bought
18. 18.He did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speak
19. 19.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
20. 20.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
21. 21.___ I climb a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
22. 22.Karan did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sings (d) sing
23. 23.___ my cousins make tea last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
24. 24.He did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) danced
25. 25.___ Arjun buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
26. 26.Kunal did not ___ science in 2023. (a) study (b) studying (c) studied (d) studies
27. 27.___ Aarav take the train yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
28. 28.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) rode (d) ridden
29. 29.Omkar ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) has danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dances
30. 30.Rahul ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) has planted (b) will plant (c) planted (d) plants
31. 31.She ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) took (c) takes (d) will take
32. 32.The students did not ___ science last week. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) studied
33. 33.___ my friends win the match two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
34. 34.Vivaan ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) has planted (c) plants (d) will plant
35. 35.He did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) wrote
36. 36.Aditya ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) will speak
37. 37.Ira did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throw
38. 38.We ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) carried (d) have carried
39. 39.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) wrote (d) written
40. 40.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned

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