Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 563 · 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 speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
3. 3.The children did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bring (b) brings (c) brought (d) bringing
4. 4.My friends ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) clean (d) will clean
5. 5.My sister did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dance (d) dances
6. 6.We did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eating (b) eats (c) ate (d) eat
7. 7.___ you throw the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
8. 8.___ I throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) ridden (d) rided
10. 10.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) took (d) taking
11. 11.She did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
12. 12.My sister did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plant (b) planted (c) planting (d) plants
13. 13.My cousins ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) eated (d) eat
14. 14.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
15. 15.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
16. 16.___ he sing a song two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
17. 17.You ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) writed (c) write (d) wrote
18. 18.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
19. 19.We did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
20. 20.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
21. 21.You ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) will carry (c) have carried (d) carry
22. 22.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drinking
23. 23.Neel did not ___ milk last week. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drank
24. 24.You did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watched (d) watches
25. 25.___ she buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) spoke
27. 27.She did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) go (b) went (c) going (d) goes
28. 28.___ she play cricket two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
29. 29.She did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) help (b) helping (c) helps (d) helped
30. 30.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
31. 31.She did not ___ tea last week. (a) made (b) makes (c) making (d) make
32. 32.We ___ a message yesterday. (a) will send (b) send (c) sended (d) sent
33. 33.Myra ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleans (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) will clean
34. 34.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
35. 35.___ you carry the bag two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
36. 36.I did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swim
37. 37.I ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flew (b) flyed (c) fly (d) will fly
38. 38.We ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) build (b) built (c) builded (d) will build
39. 39.They ___ the dog last week. (a) feed (b) feeded (c) will feed (d) fed
40. 40.___ Diya catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does

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