Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 417 · 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 “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
2. 2.You ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) study (c) have studied (d) will study
3. 3.I did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) studying (c) studied (d) study
4. 4.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) weared (d) wore
5. 5.My brother ___ a cake last week. (a) bakes (b) will bake (c) has baked (d) baked
6. 6.He ___ the dog last week. (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeds (d) will feed
7. 7.He ___ to school two days ago. (a) went (b) goes (c) will go (d) goed
8. 8.She did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cook
9. 9.My sister did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baked
10. 10.Aarav ___ Hindi last week. (a) will speak (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speaked
11. 11.You did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
12. 12.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) runned (d) run
13. 13.___ I speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
14. 14.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimmed
15. 15.___ they carry the bag two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
16. 16.We ___ in the park last week. (a) will run (b) ran (c) runned (d) run
17. 17.She did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
18. 18.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
19. 19.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
20. 20.___ Ira build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
21. 21.Kavya did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) took (c) takes (d) taking
22. 22.Karan ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wore (b) wears (c) weared (d) will wear
23. 23.We ___ a tree last week. (a) will climb (b) climb (c) have climbed (d) climbed
24. 24.He did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) claps (d) clap
25. 25.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
26. 26.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rided (d) rode
27. 27.I ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buyed (c) will buy (d) buy
28. 28.___ you cook rice in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
29. 29.They ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) ride (d) rided
30. 30.I ___ to school in 2023. (a) went (b) go (c) will go (d) goed
31. 31.___ my brother eat a mango in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.She did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cook
33. 33.He ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaked (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) will speak
34. 34.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throwing (d) thrown
35. 35.You ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) will eat
36. 36.Yash ___ milk last week. (a) drank (b) drinks (c) will drink (d) drinked
37. 37.___ Arjun go to school in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
38. 38.We did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) helped
39. 39.My parents ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) ride (c) will ride (d) rided
40. 40.They ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swimmed

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