Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 548 · 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 “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
2. 2.___ Sneha win the match in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
3. 3.___ my brother catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.Priya ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringed (b) will bring (c) brought (d) brings
5. 5.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
6. 6.___ we win the match last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
7. 7.___ I clap for the team in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
8. 8.My parents did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) help (b) helping (c) helped (d) helps
9. 9.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
10. 10.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam
11. 11.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
12. 12.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
13. 13.___ you cook rice last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
14. 14.They did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) sings (c) singing (d) sing
15. 15.My sister ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) has planted (c) will plant (d) plants
16. 16.She ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washes (b) washed (c) will wash (d) has washed
17. 17.I did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) watched
18. 18.___ they clean the room in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
19. 19.My brother ___ to school last week. (a) goes (b) will go (c) goed (d) went
20. 20.___ I carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
21. 21.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drank
22. 22.She ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washed
23. 23.___ Rahul wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
24. 24.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
25. 25.They did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) making (b) made (c) make (d) makes
26. 26.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
27. 27.I did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) baked
28. 28.You did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
29. 29.___ my cousins play cricket two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
30. 30.You ___ a kite two days ago. (a) will fly (b) fly (c) flew (d) flyed
31. 31.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throwed
32. 32.___ I drink milk last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
33. 33.We did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baking (b) baked (c) bake (d) bakes
34. 34.The students ___ the dishes last week. (a) have washed (b) wash (c) will wash (d) washed
35. 35.He ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) will speak (d) speaked
36. 36.Arjun ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) has watched (b) watched (c) watches (d) will watch
37. 37.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eated (d) eating
38. 38.They did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
39. 39.He ___ a tree last week. (a) has planted (b) planted (c) plants (d) will plant
40. 40.Rahul ___ rice last week. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) has cooked

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