Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 532 · 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.Saanvi ___ a cake two days ago. (a) will bake (b) has baked (c) baked (d) bakes
2. 2.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) gone (d) going
3. 3.___ you swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
4. 4.___ she watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
5. 5.___ Saanvi wear a cap two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
6. 6.My brother ___ in the park last week. (a) jogs (b) will jog (c) has jogged (d) jogged
7. 7.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
8. 8.He ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) will clap (b) has clapped (c) clapped (d) claps
9. 9.Kunal ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) will eat (b) eats (c) eated (d) ate
10. 10.Isha did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) running (c) ran (d) run
11. 11.You ___ milk last week. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drinked
12. 12.You did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) ran
13. 13.___ he wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
15. 15.He did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throw (d) throws
16. 16.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
17. 17.___ we climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoken
19. 19.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
20. 20.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) weared (d) wearing
21. 21.She did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
22. 22.I did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wore
23. 23.They ___ lunch two days ago. (a) will bring (b) bringed (c) brought (d) bring
24. 24.___ Kavya jog in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
25. 25.We did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tells (b) told (c) telling (d) tell
26. 26.___ my sister feed the dog two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.We did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buys (b) buy (c) buying (d) bought
28. 28.___ Kunal build a sandcastle last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
29. 29.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) taken (d) took
30. 30.I ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) have carried (b) will carry (c) carried (d) carry
31. 31.___ my sister study science in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
32. 32.He ___ the dishes last week. (a) washed (b) washes (c) will wash (d) has washed
33. 33.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
34. 34.___ Dev speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
35. 35.Ishaan ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eats
36. 36.Saanvi ___ milk last Sunday. (a) will drink (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drinks
37. 37.He did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carried (d) carrying
38. 38.My parents ___ the train in 2023. (a) will take (b) take (c) taked (d) took
39. 39.___ Saanvi catch the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
40. 40.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swimmed (d) swam

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