Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 212 · 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.I ___ a story in 2023. (a) tell (b) telled (c) told (d) will tell
2. 2.You did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) wear (d) wore
3. 3.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
4. 4.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flown (d) flying
5. 5.Karan did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
6. 6.___ you dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
7. 7.They ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flyed (b) flew (c) fly (d) will fly
8. 8.I ___ a kite in 2023. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) will fly (d) flew
9. 9.They ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climb (b) climbed (c) have climbed (d) will climb
10. 10.Omkar ___ the train last Sunday. (a) takes (b) taked (c) took (d) will take
11. 11.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
12. 12.My sister ___ the ball last week. (a) throws (b) threw (c) will throw (d) throwed
13. 13.My parents ___ a cake two days ago. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) will bake (d) bake
14. 14.The children did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) playing (c) played (d) play
15. 15.I did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) caught
16. 16.___ my brother fly a kite in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
17. 17.___ he draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
18. 18.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swimmed
19. 19.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
20. 20.___ they win the match two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.We did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
22. 22.Aisha ___ for the team in 2023. (a) has clapped (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) claps
23. 23.He ___ a song last week. (a) sings (b) sang (c) will sing (d) has sung
24. 24.We ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) have jogged (b) jog (c) will jog (d) jogged
25. 25.My sister ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runned (b) runs (c) ran (d) will run
26. 26.___ you sing a song last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
27. 27.Diya did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dance (d) dances
28. 28.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
29. 29.___ Sneha fly a kite two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.___ my brother throw the ball last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
31. 31.My sister ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telled (b) told (c) tells (d) will tell
32. 32.___ the students play cricket last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.My sister ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rides (b) will ride (c) rode (d) rided
34. 34.We did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baking (b) bake (c) baked (d) bakes
35. 35.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drinking
36. 36.You did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) built
37. 37.I ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaked (b) will speak (c) speak (d) spoke
38. 38.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
39. 39.We did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
40. 40.___ she make tea two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does

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