Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 622 · 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 “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eaten (d) eated
2. 2.Nisha ___ a cap two days ago. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wears (d) wore
3. 3.___ they swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.Farhan ___ to school two days ago. (a) will go (b) goed (c) went (d) goes
5. 5.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rode (d) rided
6. 6.You did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) flew
7. 7.My brother ___ the ball last week. (a) catched (b) caught (c) catches (d) will catch
8. 8.___ Tara take the train in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
9. 9.My parents ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) will draw (b) drew (c) draw (d) drawed
10. 10.You did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) took (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
11. 11.___ she cook rice last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
12. 12.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
13. 13.___ he bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
14. 14.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
15. 15.They ___ a cake yesterday. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) will bake (d) bake
16. 16.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) writing (d) wrote
17. 17.___ my parents speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
18. 18.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flew (d) flown
19. 19.She ___ a cake last week. (a) has baked (b) bakes (c) will bake (d) baked
20. 20.My sister did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
21. 21.My sister ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) will build (b) builded (c) builds (d) built
22. 22.We did not ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) telling (c) tell (d) tells
23. 23.He did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooks
24. 24.___ they bring lunch two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
25. 25.___ he dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) run (c) runned (d) will run
27. 27.___ the children buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
28. 28.___ I speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
29. 29.Meera ___ the room in 2023. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) has cleaned
30. 30.My cousins did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
31. 31.___ he tell a story two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.___ they make tea last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
33. 33.Yash did not ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) cleans
34. 34.I did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogged
35. 35.The children ___ a cap last week. (a) wear (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wore
36. 36.They did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feed (d) feeds
37. 37.They ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watch (b) have watched (c) will watch (d) watched
38. 38.___ he study science two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
39. 39.We ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) danced (b) dance (c) will dance (d) have danced
40. 40.You did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding (d) fed

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