Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 353 · 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 “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swum
2. 2.You did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sing (b) sings (c) sang (d) singing
3. 3.Myra ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) danced (b) dances (c) has danced (d) will dance
4. 4.He ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) will dance (c) has danced (d) dances
5. 5.Neel ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) will clap (b) claps (c) has clapped (d) clapped
6. 6.We did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carried
7. 7.He ___ a story in 2023. (a) will tell (b) tells (c) telled (d) told
8. 8.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) took (d) taking
9. 9.___ my brother dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
10. 10.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) goed (d) went
11. 11.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drank
12. 12.They ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bake (b) baked (c) have baked (d) will bake
13. 13.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throwed (d) thrown
14. 14.Zoya ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) will wash (b) has washed (c) washes (d) washed
15. 15.She ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) will speak
16. 16.The children did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
17. 17.The children ___ a cake in 2023. (a) have baked (b) bake (c) baked (d) will bake
18. 18.Farhan did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) clapped (d) claps
19. 19.Aisha did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) runs (b) running (c) run (d) ran
20. 20.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
21. 21.You did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
22. 22.She did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drawing (b) drew (c) draws (d) draw
23. 23.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) writed (c) wrote (d) written
24. 24.You ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buyed
25. 25.Kavya did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) won
26. 26.She did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throw (d) throwing
27. 27.___ Omkar sing a song last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
28. 28.I ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) will swim (d) swim
29. 29.Vivaan ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) will drink (d) drinked
30. 30.My brother ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) has played (c) will play (d) played
31. 31.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) spoken
32. 32.___ he climb a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
33. 33.They did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) riding (b) rides (c) ride (d) rode
34. 34.You ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jog
35. 35.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
36. 36.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
37. 37.___ Diya go to school last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
39. 39.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
40. 40.___ you drink milk two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was

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