Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 202 · 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.They ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carried (b) have carried (c) carry (d) will carry
2. 2.___ Kabir ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
3. 3.I ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) planted (c) have planted (d) will plant
4. 4.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) riding (d) rided
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swimming
6. 6.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) run (c) running (d) runned
7. 7.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) spoke
8. 8.___ Meera run in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
9. 9.I did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
10. 10.She ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rided (b) rode (c) rides (d) will ride
11. 11.I ___ a story two days ago. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) telled (d) told
12. 12.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
13. 13.___ Priya go to school yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.___ you wash the dishes last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
15. 15.___ they cook rice in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
16. 16.We ___ a song last week. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sing (d) sang
17. 17.Ira ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) eats
18. 18.Saanvi did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) builds (c) building (d) build
19. 19.My sister ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eated (b) ate (c) eats (d) will eat
20. 20.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
21. 21.___ Myra go to school last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
22. 22.My cousins did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleaning
23. 23.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
24. 24.You did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wore (d) wears
25. 25.He ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) will cook (c) has cooked (d) cooks
26. 26.___ I fly a kite last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
27. 27.___ I watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.She did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) threw (b) throw (c) throwing (d) throws
29. 29.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) threw (d) thrown
30. 30.He did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
31. 31.You did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buying (c) buy (d) buys
32. 32.You ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) watch (c) have watched (d) watched
33. 33.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) have planted (c) will plant (d) plant
34. 34.Dev did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) runs (b) run (c) ran (d) running
35. 35.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
36. 36.My brother did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) planting (c) plant (d) planted
37. 37.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) goed (d) gone
38. 38.___ he study science last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
39. 39.Kabir did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feed
40. 40.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked

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