Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 528 · 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) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
2. 2.___ I drink milk in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
3. 3.Neel did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swam
4. 4.Zoya ___ the bag last week. (a) has carried (b) carries (c) will carry (d) carried
5. 5.My brother ___ tea in 2023. (a) maked (b) makes (c) made (d) will make
6. 6.Aisha ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) flyed (c) flew (d) will fly
7. 7.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writed (d) writing
8. 8.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
9. 9.My brother ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapped (b) has clapped (c) will clap (d) claps
10. 10.They ___ science yesterday. (a) have studied (b) will study (c) studied (d) study
11. 11.My sister ___ science last week. (a) studies (b) studied (c) has studied (d) will study
12. 12.They did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs
13. 13.He ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleans (d) has cleaned
14. 14.My cousins ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) have watched (c) watch (d) will watch
15. 15.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
16. 16.He ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rides (d) rided
17. 17.___ he tell a story in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) have played (c) played (d) will play
19. 19.Kunal ___ cricket in 2023. (a) has played (b) played (c) will play (d) plays
20. 20.___ my cousins send a message yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.___ they make tea in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
22. 22.Karan ___ in the park last week. (a) jogs (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) has jogged
23. 23.Rohan ___ lunch last week. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bringed (d) will bring
24. 24.___ I send a message last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
26. 26.___ Neel help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
27. 27.Saanvi ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) will speak (d) speaks
28. 28.Ishaan did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cooked
29. 29.___ my sister cook rice yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
30. 30.They ___ the train in 2023. (a) taked (b) took (c) will take (d) take
31. 31.The children did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feed (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feeds
32. 32.She did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drink
33. 33.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
34. 34.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eaten (d) eating
35. 35.I ___ a tree last week. (a) have planted (b) plant (c) will plant (d) planted
36. 36.She did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
37. 37.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
38. 38.I ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaked (b) speak (c) spoke (d) will speak
39. 39.The students ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) writed (d) write
40. 40.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) taken (d) took

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