Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 297 · 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 win the match yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
2. 2.You did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baked
3. 3.We ___ cricket last week. (a) have played (b) played (c) play (d) will play
4. 4.My sister ___ the room yesterday. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) cleans
5. 5.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
6. 6.He did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rides (b) riding (c) rode (d) ride
7. 7.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
8. 8.___ she build a sandcastle last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
9. 9.I did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dance (d) dances
10. 10.I did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) speaks (d) spoke
11. 11.The children ___ on the stage last week. (a) have danced (b) danced (c) dance (d) will dance
12. 12.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drunk
13. 13.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
14. 14.Riya ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) writes
15. 15.We ___ rice two days ago. (a) will cook (b) cook (c) cooked (d) have cooked
16. 16.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
17. 17.I ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
18. 18.Diya ___ the room yesterday. (a) has cleaned (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) will clean
19. 19.He did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) made
20. 20.She ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) will ride (c) rides (d) rided
21. 21.___ I ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
22. 22.I ___ rice last week. (a) cook (b) have cooked (c) cooked (d) will cook
23. 23.You ___ a story yesterday. (a) tell (b) told (c) telled (d) will tell
24. 24.He ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) will eat (b) eats (c) eated (d) ate
25. 25.They ___ a letter two days ago. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) write (d) writed
26. 26.My cousins did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
27. 27.I did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) made (b) makes (c) making (d) make
28. 28.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eating (d) eated
29. 29.___ we play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
30. 30.You did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swam
31. 31.___ Manav study science last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
32. 32.My brother ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watched (c) will watch (d) has watched
33. 33.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) weared (d) worn
34. 34.You did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
35. 35.They did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
36. 36.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flown
37. 37.___ they buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
38. 38.Zoya ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) has baked (d) bakes
39. 39.My sister ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) has jogged (d) jogs
40. 40.We did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eats (d) eat

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