Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 39 · 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 “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) ridden (d) rided
2. 2.She did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) cooking (d) cooks
3. 3.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
4. 4.You ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) will cook
5. 5.___ you write a letter last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
6. 6.___ he carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
7. 7.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
8. 8.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) eated (d) ate
9. 9.___ my brother wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.___ my sister go to school last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
11. 11.She ___ a tree in 2023. (a) will climb (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) has climbed
12. 12.He did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) building (c) built (d) build
13. 13.She did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) made
14. 14.___ Aditya catch the ball in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
15. 15.Ira did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
16. 16.My brother ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) will build (b) builded (c) built (d) builds
17. 17.I did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flew (b) flying (c) flies (d) fly
18. 18.Isha ___ a song last Sunday. (a) will sing (b) sings (c) has sung (d) sang
19. 19.___ he cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
20. 20.I ___ the room last Sunday. (a) will clean (b) have cleaned (c) clean (d) cleaned
21. 21.My sister did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cooking (d) cook
22. 22.They ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) will feed (c) feeded (d) feed
23. 23.___ they go to school last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
24. 24.He did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speaks
25. 25.___ my sister win the match in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.___ she jog in the park last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
27. 27.My brother ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) writed (d) writes
28. 28.They ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) will build (b) builded (c) built (d) build
29. 29.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
30. 30.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drinking
31. 31.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
32. 32.They did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) fed (d) feeding
33. 33.___ Saanvi drink milk last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
34. 34.___ the children speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
36. 36.The students ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) eated (c) will eat (d) eat
37. 37.My sister did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) taking (b) takes (c) took (d) take
38. 38.___ they throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
39. 39.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
40. 40.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam

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