Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 700 · 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 “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
2. 2.They ___ a picture last week. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) draw (d) drew
3. 3.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
4. 4.I did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
5. 5.She ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rides (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
6. 6.___ we sing a song yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.My friends did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) helping (c) help (d) helps
8. 8.___ you wash the dishes last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
9. 9.You did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) ran (b) runs (c) run (d) running
10. 10.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
11. 11.___ she clap for the team yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
12. 12.Manav ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) has studied (c) will study (d) studies
13. 13.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
14. 14.Kunal ___ vegetables last week. (a) buyed (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buys
15. 15.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
16. 16.They did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
17. 17.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) took (d) taked
18. 18.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eating (d) eaten
19. 19.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
20. 20.You did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
21. 21.___ the children make tea yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
22. 22.___ she help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
23. 23.Ishaan did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) winning (c) won (d) win
24. 24.___ we bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.___ they fly a kite two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.___ we jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.You did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) told
28. 28.___ Meera eat a mango in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
29. 29.___ my parents cook rice last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
30. 30.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
31. 31.Aarav ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watches (d) has watched
32. 32.___ Zoya play cricket last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.They ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) will help (b) help (c) helped (d) have helped
34. 34.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
35. 35.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
36. 36.___ she play cricket last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
37. 37.___ my brother run in the park last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swimming
39. 39.They ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) will speak (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaked
40. 40.I did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washes (d) washed

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