Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 701 · 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.We ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) wash (b) have washed (c) will wash (d) washed
2. 2.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
3. 3.___ she bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.She did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
5. 5.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will run (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
6. 6.Kavya did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
7. 7.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
8. 8.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) goed (c) gone (d) going
9. 9.She did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) sing (c) singing (d) sang
10. 10.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throwing
11. 11.We ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) write (c) wrote (d) writed
12. 12.___ Sneha plant a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
13. 13.___ I catch the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
14. 14.They ___ the match two days ago. (a) will win (b) win (c) won (d) winned
15. 15.He ___ science two days ago. (a) will study (b) studied (c) has studied (d) studies
16. 16.___ we build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.My sister did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rides (b) ride (c) rode (d) riding
18. 18.I ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) winned (c) win (d) will win
19. 19.My brother ___ the room in 2023. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleans (d) cleaned
20. 20.___ I jog in the park yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
21. 21.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) spoke
22. 22.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
23. 23.He ___ a song yesterday. (a) sang (b) has sung (c) will sing (d) sings
24. 24.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
25. 25.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
26. 26.My parents did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throws
27. 27.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) running (d) ran
28. 28.We did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) wins (b) won (c) win (d) winning
29. 29.___ you study science yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.I ___ a letter two days ago. (a) write (b) wrote (c) will write (d) writed
31. 31.They did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbed
32. 32.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) writing (d) written
33. 33.Rohan did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catches (b) catching (c) caught (d) catch
34. 34.They did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) baking
35. 35.She did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) bring (c) brings (d) bringing
36. 36.___ he wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
37. 37.___ you drink milk in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
38. 38.He ___ the match two days ago. (a) will win (b) winned (c) won (d) wins
39. 39.He did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) building (c) build (d) builds
40. 40.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawn

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