Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 332 · 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 “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
2. 2.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) took (d) taked
3. 3.She did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carry (d) carries
4. 4.___ I bake a cake last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) eated (d) ate
6. 6.We did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) plants (c) plant (d) planting
7. 7.We ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) write
8. 8.___ you carry the bag yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.He ___ the ball last week. (a) will catch (b) catches (c) catched (d) caught
10. 10.I ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) have planted (b) planted (c) plant (d) will plant
11. 11.They ___ cricket yesterday. (a) will play (b) play (c) played (d) have played
12. 12.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
13. 13.My friends did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take (d) took
14. 14.He did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
15. 15.Omkar did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) threw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) throw
16. 16.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
17. 17.My sister did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buying (c) buy (d) buys
18. 18.Rohan did not ___ cricket last week. (a) play (b) played (c) plays (d) playing
19. 19.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
20. 20.___ my brother help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.___ he jog in the park two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
22. 22.___ he draw a picture two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.We ___ lunch last week. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) will bring (d) bring
24. 24.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
25. 25.She did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
26. 26.You ___ rice yesterday. (a) have cooked (b) cook (c) cooked (d) will cook
27. 27.We ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draw (b) drawed (c) drew (d) will draw
28. 28.My sister ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) built (c) will build (d) builded
29. 29.___ we sing a song in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
30. 30.She ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) builded (c) will build (d) builds
31. 31.___ my sister bake a cake yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
32. 32.___ I write a letter yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.___ he watch a cartoon last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
34. 34.___ we eat a mango last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
35. 35.___ Saanvi drink milk two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
36. 36.He ___ the train last week. (a) will take (b) took (c) taked (d) takes
37. 37.They did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studying (b) studied (c) study (d) studies
38. 38.We ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) plant (d) have planted
39. 39.My sister ___ a message two days ago. (a) will send (b) sended (c) sends (d) sent
40. 40.Neel ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) wins (c) will win (d) winned

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