Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 282 · 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 “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
2. 2.My sister ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) will ride (b) rides (c) rode (d) rided
3. 3.You did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) bought
4. 4.My cousins ___ a cap two days ago. (a) will wear (b) wore (c) wear (d) weared
5. 5.___ my friends help Grandma in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
6. 6.They did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) fed (d) feeding
7. 7.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
8. 8.He ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builds (b) will build (c) built (d) builded
9. 9.They did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
10. 10.He did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wore
11. 11.My cousins did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builds (b) build (c) built (d) building
12. 12.My cousins did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
13. 13.___ Zoya bake a cake yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.We did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbed
15. 15.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
16. 16.___ Neel help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.You ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catched (c) catch (d) will catch
18. 18.I did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) telling (b) tell (c) told (d) tells
19. 19.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taken (c) taked (d) taking
20. 20.I did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
21. 21.___ we help Grandma in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
22. 22.You ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) will bring (d) bring
23. 23.You did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
24. 24.We ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
25. 25.We ___ the room last Sunday. (a) will clean (b) have cleaned (c) cleaned (d) clean
26. 26.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
27. 27.My sister ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catched
28. 28.Kabir did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) build (b) builds (c) built (d) building
29. 29.You ___ the train yesterday. (a) will take (b) took (c) taked (d) take
30. 30.We did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) wins (b) winning (c) won (d) win
31. 31.___ we eat a mango two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.Kabir did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) planted (c) planting (d) plant
33. 33.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) weared (d) wearing
34. 34.___ we write a letter last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.I ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) will swim (b) swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
36. 36.___ you watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
37. 37.He did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
38. 38.___ Manav draw a picture two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
39. 39.He ___ in the park last week. (a) will run (b) runned (c) runs (d) ran
40. 40.___ the children take the train yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did

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