Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 727 · 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.The students ___ the ball in 2023. (a) will catch (b) caught (c) catch (d) catched
2. 2.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) taking (d) took
3. 3.Sneha did not ___ the match last week. (a) wins (b) winning (c) win (d) won
4. 4.I ___ a kite yesterday. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) will fly (d) flew
5. 5.They ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) have watched (c) watch (d) will watch
6. 6.My parents did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
7. 7.___ you win the match last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
8. 8.You ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watched (d) watch
9. 9.We ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) will throw
10. 10.They did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
11. 11.They ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eated (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eat
12. 12.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) writed (c) wrote (d) written
13. 13.I ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) will clean (d) clean
14. 14.You did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
15. 15.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
16. 16.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flown (d) flyed
17. 17.He ___ a message two days ago. (a) sended (b) sends (c) will send (d) sent
18. 18.___ my brother run in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.She ___ a cap last week. (a) wears (b) wore (c) weared (d) will wear
20. 20.My brother ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) has planted (c) plants (d) planted
21. 21.I did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
22. 22.___ I cook rice two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.My brother ___ a cap yesterday. (a) weared (b) wore (c) wears (d) will wear
24. 24.He ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flies (b) will fly (c) flew (d) flyed
25. 25.___ she bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
26. 26.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) riding (d) rode
27. 27.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
28. 28.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
29. 29.___ we clean the room in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.We did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runs
31. 31.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
32. 32.___ the children watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
33. 33.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
34. 34.You ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) have baked (b) bake (c) baked (d) will bake
35. 35.We did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feed
36. 36.Isha ___ a story last Sunday. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) told (d) tells
37. 37.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
38. 38.I did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) studies (c) studying (d) study
39. 39.___ you sing a song yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
40. 40.___ he sing a song yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was

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