Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 62 · 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 “run”? (a) ran (b) run (c) runned (d) running
2. 2.My brother did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eating (b) eat (c) eats (d) ate
3. 3.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
4. 4.Saanvi ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) builds (c) builded (d) will build
5. 5.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eating (d) eaten
6. 6.She ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) carried (c) will carry (d) has carried
7. 7.They did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) wore (c) wearing (d) wears
8. 8.They ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) have washed (b) wash (c) will wash (d) washed
9. 9.They ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bake (b) have baked (c) baked (d) will bake
10. 10.___ you carry the bag yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
11. 11.Ananya ___ in the park yesterday. (a) ran (b) runned (c) will run (d) runs
12. 12.Zoya did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
13. 13.My sister did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) clap
14. 14.___ my cousins ride a bicycle last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
15. 15.___ we climb a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
16. 16.Sneha did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch
17. 17.We ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) will sing (c) have sung (d) sing
18. 18.You ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catched (b) catch (c) will catch (d) caught
19. 19.___ they clean the room two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
20. 20.___ my brother send a message yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.He did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eat (b) eats (c) ate (d) eating
22. 22.My brother did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
23. 23.My friends did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooked
24. 24.We ___ to school two days ago. (a) goed (b) will go (c) went (d) go
25. 25.He ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) has watched (c) watched (d) will watch
26. 26.You did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) played
27. 27.___ she throw the ball yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
28. 28.She did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watched (d) watch
29. 29.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
30. 30.My brother did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feed
31. 31.___ we play cricket last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
32. 32.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) worn (d) weared
33. 33.___ they ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
34. 34.___ they study science yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
35. 35.You did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throw
36. 36.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) writed (d) wrote
37. 37.You did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
38. 38.You did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaking
39. 39.We ___ the ball in 2023. (a) threw (b) will throw (c) throwed (d) throw
40. 40.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking

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