Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 566 · 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 did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) riding (b) rode (c) rides (d) ride
2. 2.You did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) clapped (d) clap
3. 3.Ishaan ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) washed (c) has washed (d) will wash
4. 4.They ___ the dog two days ago. (a) will feed (b) feeded (c) fed (d) feed
5. 5.My sister did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washes (b) washing (c) wash (d) washed
6. 6.___ you study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
7. 7.He did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
8. 8.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) written (d) writing
9. 9.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eating (d) eated
10. 10.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
11. 11.They ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) plant (d) have planted
12. 12.You ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) have planted (b) planted (c) will plant (d) plant
13. 13.Dev did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jogged
14. 14.___ she watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
15. 15.___ Tara wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
16. 16.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
17. 17.___ my sister tell a story yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
19. 19.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) speaked
20. 20.I ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) taked (c) took (d) will take
21. 21.He ___ cricket yesterday. (a) has played (b) plays (c) played (d) will play
22. 22.Sneha did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
23. 23.He ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will catch (b) caught (c) catches (d) catched
24. 24.He ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) will cook
25. 25.Tara did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) cleaning
26. 26.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
27. 27.You did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) sang
28. 28.Neel did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) bought
29. 29.___ he jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
30. 30.___ I eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
31. 31.___ Nisha clap for the team yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
32. 32.I ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) builded (c) will build (d) build
33. 33.They ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) will dance (d) danced
34. 34.She did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) riding (b) rode (c) rides (d) ride
35. 35.They ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) have baked (d) bake
36. 36.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
37. 37.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
38. 38.He ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sings (b) sang (c) has sung (d) will sing
39. 39.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) riding (d) rode
40. 40.She ___ for the team two days ago. (a) has clapped (b) claps (c) clapped (d) will clap

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