Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 175 · 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 “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
2. 2.We ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) win (c) will win (d) winned
3. 3.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runned
4. 4.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) wrote (d) written
5. 5.Kavya did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bake (b) baking (c) baked (d) bakes
6. 6.You did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catches (d) catch
7. 7.___ she catch the ball in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
8. 8.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
9. 9.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
10. 10.___ Farhan plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
11. 11.___ my brother wear a cap yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taken (d) taking
13. 13.___ he dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
14. 14.My friends did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) helped (c) help (d) helping
15. 15.We did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) washes (c) washing (d) wash
16. 16.My friends did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) wrote
17. 17.He ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catches (b) will catch (c) catched (d) caught
18. 18.You did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swims
19. 19.You did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbing
20. 20.Dev ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swimmed
21. 21.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drawing
22. 22.Manav ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studied
23. 23.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
24. 24.___ I eat a mango yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.You ___ a mango last week. (a) ate (b) eated (c) will eat (d) eat
26. 26.___ Arjun send a message yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.We did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) sent
28. 28.He did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
29. 29.I ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) bake (d) have baked
30. 30.My brother ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) will bake (c) has baked (d) baked
31. 31.He ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will jog (b) jogs (c) has jogged (d) jogged
32. 32.___ he wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.___ my friends run in the park yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
34. 34.___ he go to school last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
35. 35.You ___ the room last week. (a) have cleaned (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) will clean
36. 36.You did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wears (d) wore
37. 37.___ I speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
38. 38.She ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rode (b) rided (c) rides (d) will ride
39. 39.___ Isha dance on the stage last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
40. 40.Neel ___ in the park last week. (a) will run (b) runs (c) ran (d) runned

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