Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 665 · 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.___ I bake a cake in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
2. 2.You ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
3. 3.___ my brother tell a story last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
4. 4.You ___ a letter two days ago. (a) will write (b) write (c) wrote (d) writed
5. 5.She ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carried (b) has carried (c) will carry (d) carries
6. 6.___ we make tea last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
7. 7.My brother ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) has planted (d) plants
8. 8.___ I sing a song yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.Priya did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) running (c) runs (d) ran
10. 10.Tara did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) played (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
11. 11.They ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
12. 12.I ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clap (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) have clapped
13. 13.My brother did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swim
14. 14.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
15. 15.We ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) will clap (c) have clapped (d) clap
16. 16.She ___ for the team two days ago. (a) will clap (b) claps (c) has clapped (d) clapped
17. 17.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flown (d) flying
18. 18.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
19. 19.___ you wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
20. 20.They ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) will jog (d) have jogged
21. 21.My brother ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) will build (c) builded (d) builds
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) went (d) going
23. 23.You ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) will wash (b) wash (c) have washed (d) washed
24. 24.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaking
25. 25.___ we climb a tree yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
26. 26.___ you carry the bag in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
27. 27.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimmed
28. 28.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
29. 29.Kunal did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaks
30. 30.We did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eat (b) eating (c) ate (d) eats
31. 31.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) wrote (d) written
32. 32.She ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) will swim (d) swims
33. 33.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
34. 34.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
35. 35.___ she win the match yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
36. 36.She ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
37. 37.___ she make tea two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
38. 38.She did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watched
39. 39.___ he help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
40. 40.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwing

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