Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 456 · 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.My brother did not ___ the train last week. (a) takes (b) take (c) took (d) taking
2. 2.He ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swims (d) swam
3. 3.Dev ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will run (b) runs (c) ran (d) runned
4. 4.You ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) have played (b) played (c) will play (d) play
5. 5.They ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telled (b) tell (c) will tell (d) told
6. 6.___ Ira swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.Yash ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) will ride (b) rides (c) rided (d) rode
8. 8.___ my sister win the match yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.She ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) has washed (b) washed (c) washes (d) will wash
10. 10.You did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) winning (b) wins (c) won (d) win
11. 11.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swimming
12. 12.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) goed (c) gone (d) went
13. 13.___ they ride a bicycle last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
14. 14.___ we plant a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
15. 15.___ I bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
17. 17.He did not ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
18. 18.They did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
19. 19.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) spoken
20. 20.We ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaked (b) will speak (c) spoke (d) speak
21. 21.Kabir did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runs
22. 22.He did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) ride (b) rode (c) rides (d) riding
23. 23.My brother ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) builds (c) will build (d) builded
24. 24.___ you watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.You ___ a tree in 2023. (a) have planted (b) will plant (c) plant (d) planted
26. 26.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
27. 27.He ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washes (b) washed (c) will wash (d) has washed
28. 28.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eating (d) eated
29. 29.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flew (c) flying (d) flyed
30. 30.We did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) took (c) takes (d) taking
31. 31.I did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) win (b) won (c) winning (d) wins
32. 32.You did not ___ tea last week. (a) made (b) make (c) making (d) makes
33. 33.___ we bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
34. 34.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
35. 35.My brother did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washing (b) washed (c) washes (d) wash
36. 36.He did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helps (b) helped (c) helping (d) help
37. 37.My brother ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) has cleaned
38. 38.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) threw (d) thrown
39. 39.Kunal ___ a letter in 2023. (a) will write (b) writes (c) writed (d) wrote
40. 40.I ___ the room last week. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) have cleaned

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