Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 608 · 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.___ we fly a kite in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
2. 2.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) throwed
3. 3.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
4. 4.___ I fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
5. 5.___ she drink milk last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
6. 6.They did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writes (b) write (c) writing (d) wrote
7. 7.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
8. 8.___ Kabir sing a song two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
9. 9.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
10. 10.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swimmed
11. 11.We did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wears (d) wear
12. 12.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) eated (d) ate
13. 13.We did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) went (b) goes (c) go (d) going
14. 14.He did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaking
15. 15.Omkar did not ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) wrote
16. 16.I ___ a song last week. (a) sing (b) sang (c) have sung (d) will sing
17. 17.___ Farhan win the match yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
18. 18.I ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) have climbed (b) climb (c) will climb (d) climbed
19. 19.She ___ the match last week. (a) winned (b) will win (c) won (d) wins
20. 20.Kabir did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throw
21. 21.My brother ___ vegetables last week. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buys (d) will buy
22. 22.My sister did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swam (d) swimming
23. 23.My cousins ___ a cap yesterday. (a) will wear (b) wear (c) wore (d) weared
24. 24.My cousins ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) will catch (c) catched (d) caught
25. 25.___ she carry the bag last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
26. 26.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
27. 27.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rided (d) rode
28. 28.Tara ___ a story last week. (a) will tell (b) told (c) telled (d) tells
29. 29.___ she speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
30. 30.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) running (d) ran
31. 31.I ___ the train last week. (a) took (b) taked (c) will take (d) take
32. 32.My brother ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) has baked (d) baked
33. 33.We did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) watches (c) watching (d) watched
34. 34.___ he swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
35. 35.We ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) help (d) helped
36. 36.They did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
37. 37.___ he tell a story two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
38. 38.___ they watch a cartoon last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
39. 39.My brother did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) washed
40. 40.Yash did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eats (b) eating (c) ate (d) eat

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