Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 426 · 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) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) spoken
2. 2.___ I help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
3. 3.They ___ the train two days ago. (a) take (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
4. 4.You ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) have sung (c) sing (d) will sing
5. 5.She ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) studied (c) studies (d) has studied
6. 6.I did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studying (c) studied (d) studies
7. 7.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eated
8. 8.___ you go to school last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
9. 9.She did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cooks
10. 10.___ Aditya sing a song two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
11. 11.Farhan ___ the train yesterday. (a) taked (b) takes (c) took (d) will take
12. 12.They did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) climbing
13. 13.They ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
14. 14.___ they ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.___ you go to school yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) written (d) writed
17. 17.She ___ a story yesterday. (a) tells (b) told (c) telled (d) will tell
18. 18.I ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) rided (c) will ride (d) rode
19. 19.___ Dev help Grandma yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
20. 20.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flying (d) flew
21. 21.___ they draw a picture yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
22. 22.___ Riya tell a story last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
23. 23.Rohan did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feed
24. 24.We ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eated (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eat
25. 25.We ___ a tree yesterday. (a) have climbed (b) will climb (c) climb (d) climbed
26. 26.The children ___ a mango yesterday. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eat (d) eated
27. 27.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) rode (d) ridden
28. 28.We ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) planted (c) will plant (d) have planted
29. 29.You did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
30. 30.___ Kunal wear a cap in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
31. 31.We ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buyed (b) buy (c) will buy (d) bought
32. 32.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) run (d) ran
33. 33.We ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) have clapped (b) clap (c) will clap (d) clapped
34. 34.___ we dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
35. 35.We did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) writing (d) write
36. 36.The students ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) have helped (b) help (c) helped (d) will help
37. 37.___ he help Grandma two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.___ I take the train last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
39. 39.They ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) eat (d) ate
40. 40.We did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) play (c) playing (d) plays

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