Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 716 · 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 “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rided (d) rode
2. 2.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
3. 3.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
4. 4.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eating (d) eated
5. 5.___ he draw a picture in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
6. 6.___ you make tea two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) speaking
8. 8.The children ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builded (b) will build (c) build (d) built
9. 9.They did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throws (b) throw (c) threw (d) throwing
10. 10.She ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooks (b) has cooked (c) will cook (d) cooked
11. 11.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
12. 12.___ my sister catch the ball last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
13. 13.Ananya ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buyed
14. 14.I did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carry (d) carried
15. 15.___ Manav tell a story two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
16. 16.___ my sister build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
17. 17.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
18. 18.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawed (d) drawn
19. 19.___ my cousins sing a song yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
20. 20.You did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) swims (c) swam (d) swimming
21. 21.He did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
22. 22.___ we fly a kite two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.My brother ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carries (b) carried (c) will carry (d) has carried
24. 24.I did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feed (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feeding
25. 25.You did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
26. 26.She did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) going (b) go (c) went (d) goes
27. 27.Ananya did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
28. 28.___ Arjun bring lunch two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
29. 29.My sister ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washes (b) has washed (c) will wash (d) washed
30. 30.I ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) have watched (b) watch (c) will watch (d) watched
31. 31.He did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wore (d) wears
32. 32.My sister did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) sings (b) sing (c) sang (d) singing
33. 33.I did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
34. 34.She did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
35. 35.We did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washes (b) washing (c) washed (d) wash
36. 36.My brother did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wear (d) wearing
37. 37.They ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bring (d) will bring
38. 38.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
39. 39.We ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) drew (d) draw
40. 40.___ he buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was

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