Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 207 · 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.Farhan ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) built (b) builded (c) will build (d) builds
2. 2.___ she buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
3. 3.___ we win the match in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
5. 5.You did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) played
6. 6.She did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) clean
7. 7.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) weared (c) worn (d) wore
8. 8.I ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) build (c) will build (d) builded
9. 9.Kabir ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooks (b) has cooked (c) will cook (d) cooked
10. 10.___ she dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
11. 11.You did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) wash (b) washed (c) washes (d) washing
12. 12.___ Zoya study science yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
13. 13.Myra did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draws
14. 14.___ he jog in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
15. 15.She did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
16. 16.I ___ milk in 2023. (a) will drink (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drink
17. 17.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
18. 18.___ she throw the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.Ishaan did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) ride (c) rode (d) riding
20. 20.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swam
21. 21.We did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) washed
22. 22.You ___ the room yesterday. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) have cleaned
23. 23.He ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) runned (c) runs (d) will run
24. 24.Priya ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) has clapped (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) claps
25. 25.He did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) washed (c) washing (d) wash
26. 26.She ___ a message in 2023. (a) sends (b) sended (c) will send (d) sent
27. 27.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) run (d) ran
28. 28.Kavya ___ a song last week. (a) sings (b) will sing (c) has sung (d) sang
29. 29.We did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) takes (b) took (c) taking (d) take
30. 30.They ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bake (b) have baked (c) will bake (d) baked
31. 31.___ we throw the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
32. 32.We ___ milk last week. (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drink (d) will drink
33. 33.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) have jogged (d) will jog
34. 34.I did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
35. 35.He ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) cooked
36. 36.They did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
37. 37.They did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) flew (c) fly (d) flying
38. 38.Kabir did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
39. 39.___ we speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
40. 40.Aisha ___ the ball last week. (a) caught (b) catched (c) catches (d) will catch

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