Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 280 · 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.We ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speak (b) will speak (c) spoke (d) speaked
2. 2.She ___ a message in 2023. (a) sended (b) sends (c) will send (d) sent
3. 3.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drank
4. 4.She did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washed (d) washes
5. 5.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
6. 6.We ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buyed (b) buy (c) will buy (d) bought
7. 7.___ he fly a kite yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
8. 8.We ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) clean (d) will clean
9. 9.Tara ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) will eat (c) eated (d) ate
10. 10.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
11. 11.My parents did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) planting (c) planted (d) plant
12. 12.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eating (d) eaten
13. 13.You ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) will speak
14. 14.___ Aditya make tea two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
15. 15.___ my sister cook rice last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
16. 16.___ she write a letter in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.___ Zoya eat a mango last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) ran (d) runned
19. 19.___ I eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
20. 20.___ she cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
21. 21.She ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watched (c) will watch (d) has watched
22. 22.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
23. 23.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
24. 24.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drawed
25. 25.My cousins did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clapped
26. 26.We did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rode (d) rides
27. 27.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
28. 28.He did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
29. 29.___ she swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
30. 30.___ we climb a tree in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
31. 31.___ we win the match two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
32. 32.You did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) took (b) takes (c) take (d) taking
33. 33.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taked (d) taken
34. 34.___ my cousins plant a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
35. 35.Dev ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) danced (b) dances (c) has danced (d) will dance
36. 36.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wearing (d) wore
37. 37.I did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brought (d) brings
38. 38.We ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) have watched (b) watched (c) watch (d) will watch
39. 39.We did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) ran
40. 40.My sister ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) tells (c) will tell (d) telled

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