Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 573 · 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 “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) spoke
2. 2.___ he speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
3. 3.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eated
4. 4.She ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaked (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) will speak
5. 5.He did not ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
6. 6.She did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rides (b) riding (c) ride (d) rode
7. 7.___ he swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
8. 8.My sister ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) made (c) makes (d) maked
9. 9.___ the students play cricket in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
10. 10.We ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) have danced (b) danced (c) will dance (d) dance
11. 11.You ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drank
12. 12.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taken (d) taking
13. 13.My brother did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buying (d) buys
14. 14.Aarav ___ the match last week. (a) wins (b) will win (c) won (d) winned
15. 15.___ we help Grandma last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.I did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wore (d) wears
17. 17.He ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) draws (d) drew
18. 18.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) went (d) gone
19. 19.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) worn (c) weared (d) wore
20. 20.I did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) claps (d) clap
21. 21.My cousins ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sing (b) will sing (c) have sung (d) sang
22. 22.We ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimmed (b) swim (c) swam (d) will swim
23. 23.___ you cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
24. 24.___ my parents study science last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
25. 25.They did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brings (d) brought
26. 26.Aarav did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) cleaning
27. 27.___ we build a sandcastle last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
28. 28.___ he wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
29. 29.I did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) told (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
30. 30.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) runned (d) run
31. 31.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) threw
32. 32.My brother did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) planting (c) plant (d) planted
33. 33.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
34. 34.She ___ the room last week. (a) has cleaned (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) will clean
35. 35.___ Pooja wear a cap yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
36. 36.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flew
37. 37.They ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) will dance (b) have danced (c) danced (d) dance
38. 38.She ___ the room last Sunday. (a) has cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) cleans
39. 39.___ the children drink milk last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
40. 40.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drinking

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