Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 172 · 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) running (c) run (d) ran
2. 2.I did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) takes (c) took (d) taking
3. 3.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
4. 4.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
5. 5.You ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) goed (c) went (d) will go
6. 6.___ I take the train two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.Vivaan ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swims (d) will swim
8. 8.___ I clap for the team last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
10. 10.He did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speak
11. 11.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimmed
12. 12.My sister ___ a story yesterday. (a) will tell (b) tells (c) told (d) telled
13. 13.___ we fly a kite two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flown (d) flying
15. 15.___ Diya go to school yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.___ we jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
17. 17.Karan did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helping (b) helps (c) help (d) helped
18. 18.___ the students bring lunch two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
19. 19.The children ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) drew (c) will draw (d) drawed
20. 20.My brother ___ a story yesterday. (a) telled (b) told (c) tells (d) will tell
21. 21.She did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) took (b) taking (c) take (d) takes
22. 22.You ___ Grandma last week. (a) helped (b) have helped (c) help (d) will help
23. 23.Rohan ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) will bake (c) has baked (d) bakes
24. 24.Arjun did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) clap (d) claps
25. 25.The students ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaked (d) will speak
26. 26.She ___ a cap last week. (a) weared (b) wears (c) will wear (d) wore
27. 27.___ they ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.You ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) go (c) will go (d) goed
29. 29.They ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) jogged
30. 30.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
31. 31.My parents did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planting (b) plant (c) planted (d) plants
32. 32.He did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch
33. 33.___ you speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.They did not ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) took
35. 35.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) threw
36. 36.___ I send a message in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
37. 37.She did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) going (b) go (c) goes (d) went
38. 38.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taking (c) taked (d) taken
39. 39.We did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbed
40. 40.My friends ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writed (b) will write (c) wrote (d) write

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