Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 481 · 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 “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swimming
2. 2.___ he fly a kite yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
3. 3.You did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) playing (c) played (d) play
4. 4.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
5. 5.You did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) make (b) made (c) making (d) makes
6. 6.We did not ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) studied
7. 7.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
8. 8.The children ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) will clap (b) clap (c) have clapped (d) clapped
9. 9.She did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleans
10. 10.I ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) sing (c) will sing (d) have sung
11. 11.___ he watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
12. 12.My brother did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studies (b) studying (c) studied (d) study
13. 13.___ she speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.Nisha ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) builded (c) built (d) will build
15. 15.Karan ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) has danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dances
16. 16.My brother ___ the room two days ago. (a) will clean (b) cleans (c) has cleaned (d) cleaned
17. 17.___ my parents carry the bag last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.___ she sing a song yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
19. 19.My brother did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
20. 20.She ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinks (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drinked
21. 21.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rode (d) rided
22. 22.We ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climb (b) have climbed (c) climbed (d) will climb
23. 23.You ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bring (b) will bring (c) brought (d) bringed
24. 24.She ___ rice two days ago. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) has cooked (d) cooks
25. 25.They did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) play (c) played (d) plays
26. 26.He ___ the train yesterday. (a) taked (b) will take (c) takes (d) took
27. 27.___ I sing a song yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
28. 28.She did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
29. 29.Myra did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) buy (c) bought (d) buying
30. 30.Isha did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
31. 31.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taking (d) taken
32. 32.He ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) has baked (d) will bake
33. 33.We ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) will feed (b) feed (c) feeded (d) fed
34. 34.They ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will run (b) ran (c) runned (d) run
35. 35.He ___ to school yesterday. (a) goes (b) goed (c) went (d) will go
36. 36.Pooja did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) send (c) sent (d) sending
37. 37.You ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) will help (b) helped (c) help (d) have helped
38. 38.___ I clean the room in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
39. 39.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flown (d) flying
40. 40.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building

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