Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 626 · 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.___ he bring lunch in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
2. 2.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
3. 3.___ you buy vegetables last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimmed
5. 5.___ you cook rice last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
6. 6.They ___ for the team two days ago. (a) will clap (b) clap (c) clapped (d) have clapped
7. 7.We ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) will go (c) went (d) goed
8. 8.The students ___ a message last week. (a) will send (b) sent (c) send (d) sended
9. 9.They ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) buyed (c) will buy (d) buy
10. 10.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) weared (c) worn (d) wearing
11. 11.They did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eating (d) eat
12. 12.My sister did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
13. 13.They ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) have studied (c) studied (d) will study
14. 14.My cousins ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) will cook
15. 15.We did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clap (b) clapped (c) claps (d) clapping
16. 16.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) goed (d) gone
17. 17.Neel ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) will swim (b) swimmed (c) swims (d) swam
18. 18.___ Kunal take the train last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
19. 19.I ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) have planted (d) plant
20. 20.Aarav ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) has carried (d) carries
21. 21.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
22. 22.My brother ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eats (b) eated (c) ate (d) will eat
23. 23.The students did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swam
24. 24.We ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will throw (b) throw (c) throwed (d) threw
25. 25.You ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) bought (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) buy
26. 26.___ I study science last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.___ we speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
28. 28.You ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) have helped (c) will help (d) helped
29. 29.___ my brother study science last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
31. 31.___ my brother send a message in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
32. 32.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
33. 33.___ they clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
34. 34.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) riding (d) rode
35. 35.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drinking
36. 36.He did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helping (b) help (c) helps (d) helped
37. 37.Meera did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washing (b) washed (c) washes (d) wash
38. 38.You did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swam (d) swimming
39. 39.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
40. 40.She ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) writed (c) writes (d) wrote

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