Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 334 · 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.___ you catch the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
3. 3.They ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) bought
4. 4.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
5. 5.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
6. 6.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
7. 7.I ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writed (b) write (c) will write (d) wrote
8. 8.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
9. 9.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
10. 10.You ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) ride (b) will ride (c) rided (d) rode
11. 11.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
12. 12.You did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cooks
13. 13.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
14. 14.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawn
15. 15.We did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) wrote
16. 16.You ___ a tree last week. (a) have planted (b) plant (c) planted (d) will plant
17. 17.___ we clap for the team two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
19. 19.Kavya ___ lunch last week. (a) will bring (b) bringed (c) brought (d) brings
20. 20.I ___ the ball last week. (a) threw (b) throw (c) will throw (d) throwed
21. 21.___ they clean the room in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
22. 22.I ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) have danced (d) dance
23. 23.___ my sister wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
24. 24.My friends did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cooking
25. 25.They did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) brought (c) bringing (d) bring
26. 26.Ira ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) will drink (c) drinked (d) drinks
27. 27.Aarav did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taking (b) take (c) takes (d) took
28. 28.The children did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) told (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
29. 29.___ you sing a song in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
30. 30.We ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) ride (b) will ride (c) rided (d) rode
31. 31.She did not ___ the ball last week. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
32. 32.They did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eats (d) eat
33. 33.___ she run in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
34. 34.They ___ a letter in 2023. (a) write (b) writed (c) will write (d) wrote
35. 35.She ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) drinked (d) will drink
36. 36.Karan did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaks
37. 37.They did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
38. 38.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
39. 39.___ the children wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
40. 40.Vivaan ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) has studied (c) will study (d) studies

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