Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 694 · 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 “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
2. 2.They ___ a story yesterday. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) told (d) tell
3. 3.___ they tell a story yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.Riya ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) will speak (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) speaks
5. 5.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
6. 6.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
7. 7.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) wearing (d) weared
8. 8.I ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) will wash (b) have washed (c) washed (d) wash
9. 9.My friends ___ rice last week. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cooked (d) cook
10. 10.We ___ a song last week. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sing (d) sang
11. 11.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
12. 12.___ we cook rice last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.___ they dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
14. 14.I ___ cricket last week. (a) have played (b) played (c) play (d) will play
15. 15.She ___ rice two days ago. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) cooked
16. 16.They did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) build (b) building (c) builds (d) built
17. 17.They ___ a story in 2023. (a) telled (b) tell (c) told (d) will tell
18. 18.___ Omkar study science in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
19. 19.___ they catch the ball yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
20. 20.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
21. 21.We ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) play (c) have played (d) will play
22. 22.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) have climbed (b) climb (c) climbed (d) will climb
23. 23.They did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helping (b) help (c) helps (d) helped
24. 24.She ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runned (b) runs (c) will run (d) ran
25. 25.Rohan did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climbed
26. 26.We ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buyed (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buy
27. 27.___ you watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.My brother did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) made
29. 29.My friends did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) threw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) throw
30. 30.Pooja did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) told (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
31. 31.You did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) made (c) make (d) making
32. 32.___ you take the train last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
33. 33.___ Aditya sing a song last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
34. 34.He did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swim (d) swimming
35. 35.Omkar did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swim
36. 36.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) wrote (d) writed
37. 37.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drawing
38. 38.He did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rides (b) rode (c) ride (d) riding
39. 39.My sister ___ a message yesterday. (a) sended (b) sent (c) will send (d) sends
40. 40.Karan did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drew (c) draw (d) drawing

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