Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 314 · 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 ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) built (c) build (d) building
2. 2.She ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) has jogged (d) will jog
3. 3.We ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) will speak (b) speaked (c) speak (d) spoke
4. 4.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) goed (d) went
5. 5.___ Dev dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
6. 6.My sister did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaking
7. 7.Saanvi ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catched (b) caught (c) catches (d) will catch
8. 8.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taken (c) taking (d) taked
9. 9.Yash did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
10. 10.They ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) study (d) will study
11. 11.I did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carried
12. 12.You did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
13. 13.He did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) ride (b) rode (c) rides (d) riding
14. 14.You ___ on the stage last week. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) have danced (d) dance
15. 15.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
16. 16.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
17. 17.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
18. 18.She ___ a song in 2023. (a) sings (b) has sung (c) sang (d) will sing
19. 19.She did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched (d) watching
20. 20.They did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eat (b) eating (c) ate (d) eats
21. 21.___ you ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
22. 22.They did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) washed
23. 23.You ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) will make (c) maked (d) make
24. 24.You ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bring (d) will bring
25. 25.___ my sister clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
26. 26.Farhan ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will climb (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) has climbed
27. 27.___ we dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
28. 28.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaked
29. 29.My sister did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) makes (b) making (c) made (d) make
30. 30.___ you wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
31. 31.We ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) build (b) builded (c) built (d) will build
32. 32.We did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
33. 33.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
34. 34.You ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buyed (b) will buy (c) buy (d) bought
35. 35.You ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feeded
36. 36.___ she sing a song two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
37. 37.We ___ a message last week. (a) will send (b) sended (c) send (d) sent
38. 38.___ Farhan study science in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.___ my friends catch the ball in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
40. 40.___ she watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was

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