Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 7 · 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) told (c) telled
2. 2.___ my sister speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swimming
4. 4.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flyed (d) flew
5. 5.___ they sing a song yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
6. 6.We ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) ride (b) will ride (c) rode (d) rided
7. 7.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
8. 8.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
9. 9.You ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drew (b) draw (c) drawed (d) will draw
10. 10.I ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) build (b) builded (c) built (d) will build
11. 11.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
12. 12.Neel ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) makes (c) will make (d) maked
13. 13.___ they build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
14. 14.Aarav ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wore
15. 15.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) spoke
16. 16.___ Diya study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
17. 17.My cousins did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carry (b) carried (c) carries (d) carrying
18. 18.___ she buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
19. 19.___ I watch a cartoon last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
20. 20.Meera did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drinking
21. 21.We did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) went (c) goes (d) going
22. 22.Karan ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) has planted (d) plants
23. 23.___ he clean the room in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.___ my friends wear a cap yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
25. 25.___ we climb a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
26. 26.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throwing (d) thrown
27. 27.I did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) made (b) makes (c) make (d) making
28. 28.Saanvi ___ a song two days ago. (a) sang (b) sings (c) has sung (d) will sing
29. 29.My cousins ___ the ball last week. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) throw
30. 30.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
31. 31.Diya ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brings (b) will bring (c) bringed (d) brought
32. 32.Meera ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) has danced (b) danced (c) dances (d) will dance
33. 33.We ___ the ball last week. (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throw (d) will throw
34. 34.You ___ a tree in 2023. (a) have planted (b) plant (c) will plant (d) planted
35. 35.My brother did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studies (c) studied (d) studying
36. 36.Rahul ___ the match yesterday. (a) winned (b) won (c) will win (d) wins
37. 37.They did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
38. 38.My cousins ___ the train two days ago. (a) taked (b) will take (c) take (d) took
39. 39.My sister ___ a cake last week. (a) has baked (b) will bake (c) baked (d) bakes
40. 40.You ___ science last week. (a) study (b) have studied (c) studied (d) will study

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