Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 166 · 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.She ___ Hindi last week. (a) will speak (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speaked
2. 2.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
3. 3.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
4. 4.I ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) have carried (d) carried
5. 5.My brother ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) has danced (c) dances (d) will dance
6. 6.The students ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feed (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeded
7. 7.My brother ___ the dog two days ago. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feeded
8. 8.Manav did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
9. 9.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinked
10. 10.They did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catch (d) catching
11. 11.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
12. 12.Myra did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
13. 13.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
14. 14.My brother ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) has studied (c) will study (d) studies
15. 15.She did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) playing (b) play (c) played (d) plays
16. 16.They did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) went (b) going (c) go (d) goes
17. 17.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) ran (c) runned (d) will run
18. 18.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoken
19. 19.___ Pooja swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
20. 20.___ I take the train yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.I ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will climb (b) climbed (c) have climbed (d) climb
22. 22.You ___ to school yesterday. (a) will go (b) go (c) went (d) goed
23. 23.Neel ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) will play (c) plays (d) has played
24. 24.He did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
25. 25.You ___ science in 2023. (a) have studied (b) will study (c) studied (d) study
26. 26.The students ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) will cook (c) have cooked (d) cook
27. 27.We ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) will catch (b) catch (c) catched (d) caught
28. 28.I did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) played (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
29. 29.___ we build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
30. 30.___ my brother send a message yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
31. 31.___ we take the train last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
32. 32.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
33. 33.She ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) has washed (c) washed (d) will wash
34. 34.We ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tell (b) told (c) telled (d) will tell
35. 35.___ you watch a cartoon last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
36. 36.I did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dance (b) danced (c) dances (d) dancing
37. 37.___ I run in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
38. 38.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
39. 39.We did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carried (d) carry
40. 40.___ we catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does

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