Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 71 · 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 “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) running
2. 2.I did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washes (b) washed (c) washing (d) wash
3. 3.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
4. 4.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
5. 5.He did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
6. 6.You ___ in the park last week. (a) run (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned
7. 7.He ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) has watched (c) watched (d) will watch
8. 8.Kunal ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rides (d) rided
9. 9.My sister did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbing (b) climbed (c) climb (d) climbs
10. 10.He ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) writes (c) writed (d) wrote
11. 11.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
12. 12.Arjun ___ a message yesterday. (a) sent (b) sends (c) will send (d) sended
13. 13.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) written (d) writed
14. 14.You ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wore (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wear
15. 15.___ we cook rice in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
16. 16.You did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
17. 17.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taking (c) taked (d) taken
18. 18.You did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) going (b) go (c) goes (d) went
19. 19.___ they eat a mango in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
20. 20.We did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) washed
21. 21.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
22. 22.Meera ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) will wear (b) wore (c) wears (d) weared
23. 23.The students did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climbed
24. 24.We ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) went (c) goed (d) will go
25. 25.___ she ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
26. 26.You did not ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) studying (c) studied (d) studies
27. 27.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
28. 28.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
29. 29.Meera did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buying (c) buy (d) buys
30. 30.She did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) bake (d) baking
31. 31.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) goed (d) went
32. 32.___ Ananya study science last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
33. 33.___ Rohan study science last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.We ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flew (b) fly (c) will fly (d) flyed
35. 35.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) will climb (c) have climbed (d) climb
36. 36.Diya did not ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) wrote
37. 37.___ he cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
38. 38.___ I draw a picture last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
39. 39.I did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) clap
40. 40.___ I feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did

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