Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 698 · 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 “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
2. 2.___ she speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
3. 3.I did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) sent
4. 4.I did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catches (b) catching (c) caught (d) catch
5. 5.The children ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) buy
6. 6.Rahul did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) studies (c) studying (d) study
7. 7.We did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) running (b) ran (c) runs (d) run
8. 8.I ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buyed (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buy
9. 9.You ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) will dance (c) have danced (d) danced
10. 10.___ she throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
11. 11.My brother ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has climbed (b) will climb (c) climbs (d) climbed
12. 12.We did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) wore (d) wear
13. 13.___ she send a message last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
14. 14.They did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wore (d) wearing
15. 15.___ you climb a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.We ___ a kite yesterday. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) fly (d) flew
17. 17.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taking (d) taken
18. 18.My sister ___ science last week. (a) has studied (b) will study (c) studied (d) studies
19. 19.Tara ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) has jogged
20. 20.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
21. 21.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
22. 22.Ira ___ the match last week. (a) winned (b) wins (c) won (d) will win
23. 23.I did not ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
24. 24.You did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) danced
25. 25.You did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telling (b) tell (c) told (d) tells
26. 26.I did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drink (d) drinks
27. 27.___ my brother watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
28. 28.___ they wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
29. 29.I ___ a story two days ago. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
30. 30.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
31. 31.The students did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
32. 32.___ we buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
33. 33.___ my sister feed the dog in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
34. 34.You ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feed (b) feeded (c) will feed (d) fed
35. 35.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
36. 36.They ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bake (b) have baked (c) baked (d) will bake
37. 37.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) weared (d) worn
38. 38.You did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleaned
39. 39.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drinking
40. 40.We ___ Hindi last week. (a) will speak (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) speak

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