Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 173 · 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 “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
2. 2.My cousins did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) ate
3. 3.I did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
4. 4.We ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) rode (c) will ride (d) rided
5. 5.We ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) will write (d) write
6. 6.We ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builded (b) build (c) built (d) will build
7. 7.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
8. 8.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taking (d) taken
9. 9.My brother did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carry (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carries
10. 10.They did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) built
11. 11.Karan did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) sang
12. 12.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
13. 13.Farhan did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draws (b) drew (c) drawing (d) draw
14. 14.Isha did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
15. 15.You did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feeding
16. 16.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runned
17. 17.I ___ a tree last week. (a) will plant (b) plant (c) planted (d) have planted
18. 18.___ we plant a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
19. 19.You ___ a song last Sunday. (a) have sung (b) sing (c) will sing (d) sang
20. 20.___ Farhan study science in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
21. 21.___ I clean the room yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
22. 22.Arjun ___ the room last week. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleans (d) cleaned
23. 23.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) riding (d) rode
24. 24.___ my brother eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
25. 25.They ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) will speak (d) speaked
26. 26.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
27. 27.He ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinked (b) drinks (c) will drink (d) drank
28. 28.My brother did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feed (d) feeds
29. 29.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
30. 30.Karan ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) will wash (b) washes (c) has washed (d) washed
31. 31.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
32. 32.___ Aarav cook rice two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.Kavya ___ the dishes last week. (a) will wash (b) washes (c) washed (d) has washed
34. 34.They did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) playing (c) plays (d) played
35. 35.We ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catched (c) will catch (d) catch
36. 36.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
37. 37.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaked
38. 38.You ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinked (d) will drink
39. 39.I did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swims
40. 40.Nisha did not ___ the train last week. (a) taking (b) take (c) took (d) takes

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