Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 227 · 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 “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
2. 2.He did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drank
3. 3.___ he build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
4. 4.We did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches (d) watched
5. 5.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) wrote (d) written
6. 6.___ she write a letter yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
7. 7.You ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bring (b) bringed (c) brought (d) will bring
8. 8.My brother ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) catched (c) will catch (d) caught
9. 9.She ___ the match yesterday. (a) winned (b) will win (c) won (d) wins
10. 10.___ they swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
11. 11.___ they wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.___ they buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.___ you eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
14. 14.We did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buying (b) bought (c) buys (d) buy
15. 15.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
16. 16.Kabir did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) fed
17. 17.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
18. 18.You ___ the match last Sunday. (a) will win (b) win (c) winned (d) won
19. 19.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
20. 20.My brother did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carries (d) carry
21. 21.My brother ___ a mango last week. (a) ate (b) eats (c) will eat (d) eated
22. 22.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
23. 23.___ Priya bake a cake two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
24. 24.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaked
25. 25.We did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climb
26. 26.I ___ on the stage last week. (a) have danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dance
27. 27.___ I write a letter two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.___ my sister write a letter last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
29. 29.She did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builds (b) build (c) building (d) built
30. 30.My brother did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) sang (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
31. 31.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
32. 32.___ you drink milk two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.She did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flew (d) flying
34. 34.___ she draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
35. 35.___ you fly a kite yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
36. 36.My cousins did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carried
37. 37.___ we feed the dog yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
38. 38.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swum
39. 39.We did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) helping (c) helped (d) help
40. 40.You did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing

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