Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 534 · 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 “ride”? (a) rode (b) rided (c) ridden (d) riding
2. 2.I did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baking (b) bake (c) baked (d) bakes
3. 3.They ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) bake (c) have baked (d) will bake
4. 4.You ___ the ball last week. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throwed (d) will throw
5. 5.___ we send a message last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
6. 6.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runned
7. 7.You did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brought (d) brings
8. 8.___ she jog in the park in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
9. 9.My friends did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brings (b) brought (c) bring (d) bringing
10. 10.___ we bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
11. 11.___ we feed the dog last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
12. 12.___ I tell a story last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
13. 13.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
14. 14.I ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) wash (b) will wash (c) have washed (d) washed
15. 15.I did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swims (d) swimming
16. 16.They ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) wash (b) will wash (c) washed (d) have washed
17. 17.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) writed (d) written
18. 18.They did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) played (c) play (d) playing
19. 19.Karan ___ a tree yesterday. (a) has climbed (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) will climb
20. 20.Vivaan ___ the match last Sunday. (a) will win (b) won (c) winned (d) wins
21. 21.They ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) will help (b) help (c) helped (d) have helped
22. 22.I ___ a letter in 2023. (a) will write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) write
23. 23.My brother ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) danced (b) will dance (c) dances (d) has danced
24. 24.You ___ cricket yesterday. (a) will play (b) have played (c) play (d) played
25. 25.___ I climb a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
26. 26.___ my friends win the match two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
27. 27.They ___ tea last week. (a) will make (b) make (c) maked (d) made
28. 28.I ___ a message in 2023. (a) sent (b) sended (c) send (d) will send
29. 29.My parents ___ the train last Sunday. (a) take (b) will take (c) took (d) taked
30. 30.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wore (d) wearing
31. 31.___ you wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
32. 32.___ you buy vegetables last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.They ___ the train last Sunday. (a) took (b) taked (c) take (d) will take
34. 34.I ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dance (b) will dance (c) have danced (d) danced
35. 35.We did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooked
36. 36.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
37. 37.You did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) dances (c) danced (d) dancing
38. 38.My friends ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) clean (d) will clean
39. 39.We ___ a kite in 2023. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) will fly (d) flew
40. 40.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) taked (d) took

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