Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 299 · 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.I did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
2. 2.My brother ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) will catch (c) catched (d) catches
3. 3.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned
4. 4.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) spoke
5. 5.My parents did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
6. 6.___ my cousins win the match in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
7. 7.___ she speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
8. 8.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
9. 9.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
10. 10.___ we play cricket two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
11. 11.___ they carry the bag two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
12. 12.My sister did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleaned
13. 13.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taking (d) taken
14. 14.___ you ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
15. 15.I did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swim
16. 16.We ___ the room yesterday. (a) have cleaned (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) will clean
17. 17.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drew
18. 18.___ he bring lunch in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
19. 19.We ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) will run (c) run (d) runned
20. 20.___ Kabir feed the dog two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
21. 21.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
22. 22.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
23. 23.She did not ___ the train last week. (a) took (b) takes (c) taking (d) take
24. 24.You ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) will ride (c) ride (d) rided
25. 25.___ they bring lunch yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.They ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
27. 27.She ___ a cake in 2023. (a) has baked (b) will bake (c) bakes (d) baked
28. 28.They ___ the match yesterday. (a) will win (b) win (c) winned (d) won
29. 29.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flew (d) flyed
30. 30.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
31. 31.We ___ a story yesterday. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) told (d) telled
32. 32.He ___ a story last week. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) tells (d) told
33. 33.My parents ___ a song two days ago. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) have sung (d) sing
34. 34.Kavya did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) danced
35. 35.My sister did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jogged
36. 36.They did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watching (b) watched (c) watches (d) watch
37. 37.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swimming
38. 38.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) worn (d) weared
39. 39.They did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) builds (c) building (d) build
40. 40.She ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buyed (d) will buy

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