Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 450 · 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.___ he help Grandma last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
2. 2.___ you sing a song last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
3. 3.Dev ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sends (b) sended (c) sent (d) will send
4. 4.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) runned (d) running
5. 5.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) went (d) going
6. 6.They ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helped (b) have helped (c) help (d) will help
7. 7.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swimming
8. 8.Ira did not ___ a kite last week. (a) fly (b) flew (c) flies (d) flying
9. 9.Aditya did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sending (b) sent (c) send (d) sends
10. 10.My sister did not ___ a song last week. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sing (d) sings
11. 11.We ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feeded (c) will feed (d) feed
12. 12.___ the children jog in the park in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
13. 13.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
14. 14.Dev did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eating (b) eats (c) ate (d) eat
15. 15.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
16. 16.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
17. 17.My sister did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catching
18. 18.He did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
19. 19.Aarav ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builds (b) will build (c) built (d) builded
20. 20.___ she wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
21. 21.I did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
22. 22.You ___ the match yesterday. (a) will win (b) winned (c) win (d) won
23. 23.___ they bring lunch in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
24. 24.___ they plant a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.___ Arjun watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
26. 26.I ___ the room last Sunday. (a) have cleaned (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) will clean
27. 27.Neel ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) has baked (c) bakes (d) will bake
28. 28.You ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) will cook (c) have cooked (d) cook
29. 29.Myra ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) has baked (c) will bake (d) bakes
30. 30.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
31. 31.They ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) will speak (b) speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
32. 32.___ Farhan play cricket two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
33. 33.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
34. 34.I did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drank
35. 35.You ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) will dance (c) have danced (d) danced
36. 36.I ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) will buy (b) buy (c) buyed (d) bought
37. 37.___ I ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
38. 38.We did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jogs
39. 39.My friends did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) build (b) building (c) built (d) builds
40. 40.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode

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