Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 498 · 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 “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
2. 2.___ he clap for the team in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
3. 3.He ___ in the park last week. (a) has jogged (b) will jog (c) jogs (d) jogged
4. 4.You did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clapped (b) clapping (c) clap (d) claps
5. 5.She did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) took
6. 6.My friends ___ the bag last week. (a) carry (b) carried (c) have carried (d) will carry
7. 7.I ___ science in 2023. (a) have studied (b) will study (c) study (d) studied
8. 8.They ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
9. 9.___ he climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
10. 10.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
11. 11.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) going (d) gone
12. 12.We did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
13. 13.Kavya ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carries (b) carried (c) has carried (d) will carry
14. 14.You ___ the room last Sunday. (a) will clean (b) clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
15. 15.I ___ rice last Sunday. (a) will cook (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked
16. 16.She did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
17. 17.She ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swims (d) swimmed
18. 18.The students ___ the match yesterday. (a) winned (b) will win (c) win (d) won
19. 19.My friends ___ to school two days ago. (a) went (b) go (c) goed (d) will go
20. 20.My brother ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) will plant (c) planted (d) has planted
21. 21.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
22. 22.You ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) will play (c) have played (d) played
23. 23.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drank
24. 24.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) run (d) running
25. 25.She did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) goes (b) went (c) going (d) go
26. 26.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
27. 27.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimming
28. 28.Pooja ___ a message yesterday. (a) will send (b) sends (c) sended (d) sent
29. 29.My cousins did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flew (b) fly (c) flying (d) flies
30. 30.___ my brother help Grandma in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
31. 31.The students ___ vegetables last week. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buy
32. 32.They ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) have cleaned (c) will clean (d) cleaned
33. 33.Rahul did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drink
34. 34.We ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) taked (c) took (d) will take
35. 35.We did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) planting (c) plant (d) planted
36. 36.He ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winned (b) will win (c) won (d) wins
37. 37.___ he speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.The students did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) won (c) winning (d) win
39. 39.My friends did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cooking (d) cook
40. 40.My brother did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planting (b) planted (c) plants (d) plant

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