Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 536 · 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 “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flew
2. 2.He ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eats (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eated
3. 3.___ my brother feed the dog yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.___ Kabir clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
5. 5.___ we plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
6. 6.My cousins did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clapped
7. 7.We did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) baking (d) bake
8. 8.My brother ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) has jogged
9. 9.___ Sneha clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
10. 10.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) riding (d) rode
11. 11.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swimmed (d) swam
12. 12.Sneha did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baked
13. 13.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drew
14. 14.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throwed (d) thrown
15. 15.They did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watching (c) watches (d) watch
16. 16.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaked
17. 17.She ___ a letter last week. (a) writed (b) writes (c) will write (d) wrote
18. 18.My sister ___ the ball two days ago. (a) will catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catched
19. 19.I ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) will write (c) writed (d) wrote
20. 20.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
21. 21.The children did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cook
22. 22.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
23. 23.___ she throw the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
24. 24.My brother ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) will dance (b) has danced (c) dances (d) danced
25. 25.___ my brother swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
26. 26.He ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) has sung (c) sang (d) will sing
27. 27.You did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) fed (d) feeding
28. 28.We ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) play (c) will play (d) have played
29. 29.We did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wore (d) wearing
30. 30.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
31. 31.___ we win the match two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
32. 32.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
33. 33.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) going (c) gone (d) goed
34. 34.___ Manav fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
35. 35.Isha did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sends (b) sent (c) send (d) sending
36. 36.___ my parents bake a cake last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
37. 37.We did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
38. 38.I ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) will swim (b) swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
39. 39.He ___ a tree last week. (a) climbs (b) has climbed (c) climbed (d) will climb
40. 40.I did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) buying (c) bought (d) buy

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