Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 174 · 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 “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) rided (d) riding
2. 2.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flew
3. 3.We did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catches (d) catch
4. 4.I ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) have danced (c) dance (d) will dance
5. 5.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
6. 6.I ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writed (b) write (c) will write (d) wrote
7. 7.They did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carry
8. 8.I ___ a tree last week. (a) will plant (b) plant (c) have planted (d) planted
9. 9.___ Yash cook rice last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
10. 10.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) runned (d) ran
11. 11.They ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaked (b) will speak (c) speak (d) spoke
12. 12.He ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swims
13. 13.___ we dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.She ___ to school two days ago. (a) goes (b) went (c) will go (d) goed
15. 15.We ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builded (b) build (c) built (d) will build
16. 16.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swimmed
17. 17.___ Dev wear a cap last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.I did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speak
19. 19.I did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) watched
20. 20.My friends ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clap (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) have clapped
21. 21.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eating (d) eated
22. 22.They did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
23. 23.We ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jog
24. 24.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drinking
25. 25.You did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) flying (c) flew (d) fly
26. 26.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
27. 27.___ Sneha plant a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.My parents did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climb
29. 29.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
30. 30.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
31. 31.___ you bring lunch yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.___ she jog in the park two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.___ Ishaan fly a kite in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
34. 34.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) goed (c) gone (d) went
35. 35.You ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writed (b) will write (c) wrote (d) write
36. 36.I ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watch
37. 37.We ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) have danced (b) dance (c) danced (d) will dance
38. 38.We ___ a bicycle last week. (a) ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
39. 39.___ you build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
40. 40.My parents ___ lunch last week. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) bring

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