Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 551 · 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) building (b) builded (c) built
2. 2.The students ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) sing (c) have sung (d) sang
3. 3.We did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) telling (b) told (c) tells (d) tell
4. 4.___ they play cricket last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
5. 5.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drew
6. 6.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) speaked
7. 7.___ they cook rice last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
8. 8.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) eated (d) ate
9. 9.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
10. 10.We ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throwed (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throw
11. 11.You did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) danced
12. 12.I ___ a kite last week. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) fly (d) flew
13. 13.He did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogs
14. 14.___ you jog in the park in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
15. 15.___ he dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
16. 16.___ my brother speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.The children ___ the train two days ago. (a) take (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
18. 18.___ Isha wear a cap yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
19. 19.He ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buyed (d) will buy
20. 20.___ my parents write a letter two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
21. 21.___ I help Grandma two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
22. 22.They did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swim
23. 23.He ___ rice last Sunday. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) cooks
24. 24.He ___ a tree in 2023. (a) has climbed (b) will climb (c) climbs (d) climbed
25. 25.The children ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rided (b) ride (c) will ride (d) rode
26. 26.We did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bake (b) baked (c) bakes (d) baking
27. 27.He did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sending (b) sent (c) send (d) sends
28. 28.She did not ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) drew
29. 29.I ___ the match two days ago. (a) winned (b) win (c) will win (d) won
30. 30.___ my sister dance on the stage last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
31. 31.___ they write a letter in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
32. 32.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
33. 33.___ the children study science in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
34. 34.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taken (d) taking
35. 35.___ she watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.Zoya did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throw (d) throws
37. 37.We ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) drew (d) draw
38. 38.I did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) washes (c) washing (d) wash
39. 39.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) rided (d) riding
40. 40.My sister did not ___ a cake last week. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) baked (d) bake

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