Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 158 · 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 “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
2. 2.The children ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) wash (c) have washed (d) will wash
3. 3.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
4. 4.They ___ vegetables last week. (a) will buy (b) bought (c) buy (d) buyed
5. 5.Kunal did not ___ the train last week. (a) taking (b) take (c) took (d) takes
6. 6.She ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaked (b) will speak (c) spoke (d) speaks
7. 7.She did not ___ the dog last week. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) feed
8. 8.She did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
9. 9.___ they clean the room last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.I ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) have cleaned
11. 11.___ they take the train two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
12. 12.We ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buy (b) buyed (c) bought (d) will buy
13. 13.___ you watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
14. 14.We ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watched
15. 15.We did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) draws (c) drawing (d) draw
16. 16.I did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) win (b) won (c) wins (d) winning
17. 17.The children did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
18. 18.My friends did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak (d) spoke
19. 19.Riya did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooking
20. 20.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaking
21. 21.___ he make tea yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
22. 22.They did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brought (d) brings
23. 23.I did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climbed (d) climb
24. 24.He ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helps (b) will help (c) has helped (d) helped
25. 25.___ I ride a bicycle last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
26. 26.I ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flyed (b) will fly (c) flew (d) fly
27. 27.My friends did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
28. 28.I did not ___ lunch last week. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
29. 29.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
30. 30.They did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brings (b) brought (c) bringing (d) bring
31. 31.___ you catch the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.___ I speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
33. 33.You ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) ride (c) rided (d) will ride
34. 34.___ you cook rice last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
35. 35.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
36. 36.We did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) playing (b) plays (c) played (d) play
37. 37.___ we drink milk in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
38. 38.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) writing (d) wrote
39. 39.We ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buyed (c) will buy (d) buy
40. 40.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drinking

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