Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 503 · 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 “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) ate (d) eated
2. 2.I did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
3. 3.Priya ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) tells (d) told
4. 4.___ I play cricket two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
5. 5.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
6. 6.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
7. 7.They ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throwed (d) will throw
8. 8.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
9. 9.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
10. 10.She did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) make (b) making (c) made (d) makes
11. 11.They did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) writing (d) write
12. 12.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
13. 13.___ we write a letter yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.You ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eated (b) ate (c) eat (d) will eat
15. 15.I ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) will play (c) have played (d) played
16. 16.Farhan ___ the room two days ago. (a) has cleaned (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) cleans
17. 17.You did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) studied
18. 18.My sister ___ rice last week. (a) will cook (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) has cooked
19. 19.___ my cousins clean the room yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
20. 20.My brother ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carries (b) will carry (c) carried (d) has carried
21. 21.Sneha ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) wears (d) weared
22. 22.My brother did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) washed
23. 23.We ___ a letter last week. (a) writed (b) write (c) wrote (d) will write
24. 24.My sister ___ a cap last week. (a) will wear (b) wears (c) wore (d) weared
25. 25.She ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) will fly (c) flew (d) flyed
26. 26.___ my brother make tea last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
27. 27.They ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will climb (b) climb (c) climbed (d) have climbed
28. 28.Saanvi ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writed (b) will write (c) wrote (d) writes
29. 29.She ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) telled (c) will tell (d) tells
30. 30.Karan ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) builds (c) will build (d) builded
31. 31.Kunal ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) will bake (c) baked (d) has baked
32. 32.My friends did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
33. 33.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
34. 34.I did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) built
35. 35.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
36. 36.___ the children play cricket last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
37. 37.He did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climb (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) climbing
38. 38.Rohan did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) baking
39. 39.___ you buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
40. 40.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writing (d) writed

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