Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 311 · 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.My brother ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) will bake (d) has baked
2. 2.I did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) baked (d) bake
3. 3.___ she throw the ball yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swimming (d) swum
6. 6.My brother did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) wore (d) wears
7. 7.___ Neel wear a cap yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
8. 8.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
9. 9.Aarav did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) riding (b) rides (c) rode (d) ride
10. 10.We ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) have helped (b) help (c) will help (d) helped
11. 11.___ we make tea two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.We ___ a message in 2023. (a) will send (b) send (c) sended (d) sent
13. 13.You ___ the ball last week. (a) will catch (b) catched (c) catch (d) caught
14. 14.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
15. 15.I ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will catch (b) catch (c) caught (d) catched
16. 16.___ you eat a mango yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.___ she wear a cap in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) have jogged (b) jog (c) will jog (d) jogged
19. 19.You ___ a story in 2023. (a) told (b) telled (c) tell (d) will tell
20. 20.I ___ the ball last week. (a) caught (b) catched (c) will catch (d) catch
21. 21.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eated
22. 22.I ___ a song yesterday. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sang (d) sing
23. 23.Karan ___ the match yesterday. (a) wins (b) won (c) will win (d) winned
24. 24.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
25. 25.The students ___ a song yesterday. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sing (d) sang
26. 26.___ you take the train yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
28. 28.We ___ in the park last week. (a) run (b) ran (c) will run (d) runned
29. 29.___ you go to school two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
30. 30.You ___ the bag in 2023. (a) have carried (b) will carry (c) carried (d) carry
31. 31.___ you wear a cap last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.___ we jog in the park yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
33. 33.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaked
34. 34.___ the students bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
35. 35.The students ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) help (b) will help (c) have helped (d) helped
36. 36.The children ___ the match last week. (a) winned (b) win (c) will win (d) won
37. 37.They did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) fed
38. 38.I ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) rided (c) ride (d) will ride
39. 39.We ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) will run
40. 40.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making

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