Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 65 · 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 “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
2. 2.My cousins ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swim (d) swam
3. 3.My brother did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writes (b) write (c) wrote (d) writing
4. 4.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) ridden (d) rode
5. 5.Kabir did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catch (d) catching
6. 6.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking
7. 7.Pooja did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) telling (b) tell (c) told (d) tells
8. 8.She ___ to school yesterday. (a) goed (b) goes (c) went (d) will go
9. 9.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drank
10. 10.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) went (d) going
11. 11.You ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bring (b) will bring (c) brought (d) bringed
12. 12.My brother ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helped (b) helps (c) has helped (d) will help
13. 13.He ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) sends (c) will send (d) sended
14. 14.They ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) build (b) builded (c) will build (d) built
15. 15.We ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) have played (c) will play (d) play
16. 16.___ you cook rice last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.The children ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) drew (d) draw
18. 18.He ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) will speak (d) speaks
19. 19.You did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) fly (b) flew (c) flying (d) flies
20. 20.___ we clean the room two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
22. 22.We ___ vegetables last week. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buy
23. 23.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
24. 24.You ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watch (d) watched
25. 25.___ he buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
26. 26.Aarav ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brought (b) brings (c) will bring (d) bringed
27. 27.___ she eat a mango last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
28. 28.She ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) has watched (b) watches (c) watched (d) will watch
29. 29.They did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) wrote (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
30. 30.He did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooked
31. 31.___ Ira throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
33. 33.Pooja did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catch (d) catching
34. 34.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
35. 35.We ___ Grandma last week. (a) will help (b) helped (c) have helped (d) help
36. 36.Neel did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) taking (c) took (d) takes
37. 37.You did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) claps (d) clap
38. 38.___ we study science last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
39. 39.You did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) helped
40. 40.___ Manav tell a story in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did

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