Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 22 · 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 “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
2. 2.We ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) will carry
3. 3.___ I speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.Isha ___ to school in 2023. (a) will go (b) goed (c) went (d) goes
5. 5.She did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches (d) watched
6. 6.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
7. 7.Yash did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flew (d) flying
8. 8.Aisha did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) build (b) building (c) built (d) builds
9. 9.She did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) buying (c) bought (d) buys
10. 10.You ___ for the team last week. (a) will clap (b) clapped (c) clap (d) have clapped
11. 11.___ Yash drink milk last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.She ___ the train in 2023. (a) taked (b) takes (c) took (d) will take
13. 13.My brother ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) plays (c) has played (d) will play
14. 14.We did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) baked (d) bake
15. 15.My brother did not ___ the ball last week. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
16. 16.I did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swim
17. 17.My sister ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) will clap (d) has clapped
18. 18.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) rided (d) ridden
19. 19.___ she jog in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
20. 20.___ he run in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
21. 21.My brother did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jogging
22. 22.___ you ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
23. 23.My parents ___ the room in 2023. (a) will clean (b) clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
24. 24.Neel did not ___ lunch last week. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brings
25. 25.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
26. 26.I did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buying (d) buy
27. 27.They did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) flew
28. 28.He ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) dances (c) has danced (d) will dance
29. 29.They ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) built (b) will build (c) build (d) builded
30. 30.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
31. 31.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
32. 32.We ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swim
33. 33.You did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
34. 34.I ___ the match last week. (a) winned (b) win (c) will win (d) won
35. 35.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) worn (d) weared
36. 36.They did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleaned
37. 37.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) taking (d) took
38. 38.Kabir ___ science yesterday. (a) has studied (b) studies (c) will study (d) studied
39. 39.She ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) will play (c) has played (d) plays
40. 40.___ my brother climb a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was

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