Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 462 · 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.I did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) writes (c) wrote (d) writing
2. 2.My friends did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch
3. 3.My sister ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buys (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) bought
4. 4.___ my brother build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
5. 5.You ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) will run
6. 6.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
7. 7.___ he make tea in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
8. 8.Rohan ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builds (b) built (c) builded (d) will build
9. 9.___ he take the train yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
10. 10.You did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapped
11. 11.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
12. 12.They ___ a story two days ago. (a) tell (b) told (c) will tell (d) telled
13. 13.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) jogged
14. 14.They did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) cleans
15. 15.We ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feed (b) fed (c) feeded (d) will feed
16. 16.He did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feed
17. 17.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
18. 18.He did not ___ in the park last week. (a) runs (b) ran (c) running (d) run
19. 19.My friends did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogs
20. 20.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) spoken
21. 21.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
22. 22.You ___ the train last Sunday. (a) will take (b) take (c) took (d) taked
23. 23.___ the children buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
24. 24.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
25. 25.Farhan did not ___ a story last week. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) told
26. 26.My sister did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washes (b) washed (c) washing (d) wash
27. 27.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) goed (d) going
28. 28.Vivaan ___ the room two days ago. (a) has cleaned (b) cleans (c) will clean (d) cleaned
29. 29.My parents ___ the match last Sunday. (a) win (b) won (c) winned (d) will win
30. 30.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) threw (d) thrown
31. 31.They ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) will buy (b) bought (c) buyed (d) buy
32. 32.___ he build a sandcastle last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
33. 33.We ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) studied (c) study (d) have studied
34. 34.The children did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flew (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
35. 35.My brother did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wore (d) wears
36. 36.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
37. 37.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
38. 38.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
39. 39.___ the students play cricket in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
40. 40.___ the children clean the room in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did

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