Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 561 · 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.You ___ the bag in 2023. (a) have carried (b) will carry (c) carried (d) carry
2. 2.___ the children climb a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
3. 3.I ___ for the team in 2023. (a) will clap (b) clap (c) have clapped (d) clapped
4. 4.___ I clap for the team yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
6. 6.My parents did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) baked
7. 7.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
8. 8.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throwing
9. 9.You did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clap (d) clapping
10. 10.I did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eat (b) eats (c) ate (d) eating
11. 11.___ they cook rice yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
12. 12.My sister ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) will speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaked
13. 13.___ we climb a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
14. 14.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
15. 15.He did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) caught
16. 16.We did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bring (d) brings
17. 17.___ Omkar play cricket yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
18. 18.Aditya ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runned (b) runs (c) will run (d) ran
19. 19.I did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) goes (c) went (d) going
20. 20.___ you buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swam
22. 22.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) rode (c) ridden (d) riding
23. 23.___ you jog in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
24. 24.I did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) makes (b) made (c) making (d) make
25. 25.They did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) play (c) played (d) plays
26. 26.___ my sister wear a cap yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.___ she plant a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.___ I wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
29. 29.___ she catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
30. 30.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking
31. 31.You ___ the train last Sunday. (a) will take (b) taked (c) take (d) took
32. 32.They ___ a song last Sunday. (a) have sung (b) sing (c) sang (d) will sing
33. 33.The students did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) fed
34. 34.My brother did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) ran (b) runs (c) run (d) running
35. 35.I did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
36. 36.We did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speak
37. 37.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) taken (d) took
38. 38.___ I play cricket last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
39. 39.You did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) took (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
40. 40.You ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drew (b) drawed (c) draw (d) will draw

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