Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 68 · 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) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runned
2. 2.They did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writing (b) writes (c) write (d) wrote
3. 3.You did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) goes (c) going (d) went
4. 4.Tara did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) carried
5. 5.We did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) baking (d) bake
6. 6.Farhan ___ a mango yesterday. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eated (d) eats
7. 7.He did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planting (b) plant (c) plants (d) planted
8. 8.___ you run in the park in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
9. 9.Nisha ___ a song last week. (a) will sing (b) sings (c) sang (d) has sung
10. 10.Ishaan ___ for the team last week. (a) has clapped (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) claps
11. 11.I ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) make (c) maked (d) will make
12. 12.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) writed (d) wrote
13. 13.He ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) brings
14. 14.She did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watched
15. 15.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
16. 16.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
17. 17.___ Aisha carry the bag yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.My friends ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) telled (c) tell (d) will tell
19. 19.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
20. 20.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
21. 21.She ___ a cake last week. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) bakes (d) has baked
22. 22.He ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) plays (c) has played (d) will play
23. 23.___ you wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
24. 24.___ Priya sing a song yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
26. 26.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
27. 27.He did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) studying (c) studied (d) studies
28. 28.He ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) will buy (b) bought (c) buys (d) buyed
29. 29.My friends ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watch
30. 30.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
31. 31.___ my sister tell a story last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
32. 32.You ___ tea yesterday. (a) maked (b) made (c) will make (d) make
33. 33.My brother ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) helped (c) has helped (d) will help
34. 34.You ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) have climbed (b) will climb (c) climbed (d) climb
35. 35.___ Tara jog in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.I ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) have studied (c) studied (d) will study
37. 37.You did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) builds (c) build (d) building
38. 38.The students ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) bake (d) have baked
39. 39.Diya ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) will dance (c) dances (d) has danced
40. 40.She did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) won (b) winning (c) wins (d) win

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