Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 60 · 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 “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimmed
2. 2.We did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wore (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
3. 3.My sister did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) build (c) building (d) builds
4. 4.They ___ the train two days ago. (a) take (b) taked (c) will take (d) took
5. 5.___ she swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
6. 6.___ she carry the bag last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
8. 8.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
9. 9.He ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buys (d) will buy
10. 10.Diya ___ the dog last week. (a) feeds (b) feeded (c) will feed (d) fed
11. 11.My sister did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jogging
12. 12.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flown (d) flying
13. 13.I did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helps (b) helped (c) helping (d) help
14. 14.You did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) cleaning
15. 15.___ you throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
16. 16.___ I ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
18. 18.___ we cook rice in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
19. 19.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) spoken
20. 20.We ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) will catch (c) catch (d) catched
21. 21.___ Myra fly a kite last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
22. 22.___ they take the train last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.You did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) builds (c) build (d) building
24. 24.I did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helped (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
25. 25.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
26. 26.Kavya ___ a message two days ago. (a) sended (b) sent (c) will send (d) sends
27. 27.My sister ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) cleans (d) will clean
28. 28.___ he play cricket last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
29. 29.He ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooked (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) will cook
30. 30.Aarav ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) will plant (c) has planted (d) planted
31. 31.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
32. 32.He ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) builded (c) will build (d) built
33. 33.They did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clap (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clapped
34. 34.___ you catch the ball two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
35. 35.Zoya did not ___ a song last week. (a) singing (b) sing (c) sings (d) sang
36. 36.Rohan ___ the dog two days ago. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeded (d) feeds
37. 37.___ we ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
38. 38.Kunal ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) will swim (b) swims (c) swimmed (d) swam
39. 39.The children ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buyed (b) will buy (c) buy (d) bought
40. 40.___ they plant a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did

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