Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 418 · 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 “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
2. 2.We ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) will carry (d) carried
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swum
4. 4.My brother did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wear (d) wearing
5. 5.He did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
6. 6.We ___ tea yesterday. (a) make (b) made (c) maked (d) will make
7. 7.She did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaned
8. 8.She did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) building (b) builds (c) built (d) build
9. 9.We ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feeded
10. 10.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
11. 11.___ Aisha bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
12. 12.___ they bake a cake in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.My cousins did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) goes (c) going (d) go
14. 14.My sister did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
15. 15.I did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sang (d) sing
16. 16.Rohan ___ to school in 2023. (a) went (b) goes (c) will go (d) goed
17. 17.___ my sister take the train last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
18. 18.My brother did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) go (b) going (c) goes (d) went
19. 19.She ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) will make (c) makes (d) maked
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writing (d) writed
21. 21.I did not ___ the match last week. (a) winning (b) wins (c) won (d) win
22. 22.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
23. 23.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
24. 24.We did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) clap (d) claps
25. 25.___ I study science in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
26. 26.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawing
27. 27.___ Aisha jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
28. 28.He ___ milk last week. (a) will drink (b) drinks (c) drinked (d) drank
29. 29.Ananya ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) drew (d) draws
30. 30.The children did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) danced
31. 31.My friends did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wearing (d) wear
32. 32.Sneha did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
33. 33.Arjun ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) will buy (b) bought (c) buyed (d) buys
34. 34.She ___ Grandma last week. (a) helps (b) helped (c) will help (d) has helped
35. 35.He did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) taking (b) took (c) takes (d) take
36. 36.___ the children speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
37. 37.___ we jog in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
38. 38.___ she carry the bag last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
39. 39.We ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) will feed (c) feeded (d) feed
40. 40.___ you buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do

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