Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 708 · 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 “fly”? (a) flying (b) flyed (c) flown (d) flew
2. 2.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) went (d) going
3. 3.___ she carry the bag last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.___ my sister jog in the park in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
5. 5.She did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buying (b) buys (c) bought (d) buy
6. 6.___ you take the train yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.Kunal ___ for the team two days ago. (a) claps (b) has clapped (c) will clap (d) clapped
8. 8.___ he make tea last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
9. 9.___ the children watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
10. 10.___ he clean the room last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
11. 11.___ she send a message last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaked
13. 13.We did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planting (b) plant (c) plants (d) planted
14. 14.We ___ the match yesterday. (a) will win (b) winned (c) win (d) won
15. 15.I ___ the ball last week. (a) throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) will throw
16. 16.We ___ a message in 2023. (a) sended (b) sent (c) send (d) will send
17. 17.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
18. 18.___ my brother drink milk two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
19. 19.___ he bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
20. 20.You ___ a letter in 2023. (a) write (b) will write (c) writed (d) wrote
21. 21.Isha ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swims (d) will swim
22. 22.___ I jog in the park in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
23. 23.You did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) riding (b) rides (c) ride (d) rode
24. 24.You ___ the dishes last week. (a) washed (b) will wash (c) have washed (d) wash
25. 25.I did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) riding (b) rides (c) rode (d) ride
26. 26.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
27. 27.___ he build a sandcastle last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
28. 28.He did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speak (d) speaks
29. 29.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
30. 30.He ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) rides (c) rode (d) rided
31. 31.You did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleaning
32. 32.___ she go to school yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
33. 33.They ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) ride (b) will ride (c) rided (d) rode
34. 34.He ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) will play (c) plays (d) has played
35. 35.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) ate (d) eated
36. 36.You ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) have cleaned
37. 37.You ___ for the team two days ago. (a) will clap (b) have clapped (c) clapped (d) clap
38. 38.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) have sung (b) sing (c) will sing (d) sang
39. 39.My sister ___ a cap yesterday. (a) will wear (b) wears (c) wore (d) weared
40. 40.___ the students play cricket last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was

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