Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 730 · 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 “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) spoken
2. 2.___ Rohan run in the park two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
3. 3.He ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) has danced (b) danced (c) will dance (d) dances
4. 4.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
5. 5.___ we speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
6. 6.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drank
7. 7.___ the students cook rice last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
8. 8.You ___ milk yesterday. (a) drink (b) drank (c) drinked (d) will drink
9. 9.___ the students take the train yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.You ___ cricket last week. (a) play (b) have played (c) will play (d) played
11. 11.She did not ___ the ball last week. (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throw (d) throws
12. 12.___ we ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
13. 13.___ he clean the room two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
14. 14.___ Kabir feed the dog in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
15. 15.The students ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buy (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) bought
16. 16.___ we fly a kite in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
17. 17.My friends did not ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
18. 18.We did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) singing (b) sing (c) sang (d) sings
19. 19.___ my brother feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
20. 20.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flown (c) flying (d) flyed
21. 21.He did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) fed
22. 22.We ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feed (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeded
23. 23.___ Omkar speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
24. 24.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
25. 25.___ my brother go to school last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
26. 26.Ananya ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) feeds (c) will feed (d) fed
27. 27.We ___ to school in 2023. (a) goed (b) go (c) went (d) will go
28. 28.___ my brother write a letter two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
29. 29.___ my sister catch the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
30. 30.They ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) will wash (c) have washed (d) wash
31. 31.They ___ the train two days ago. (a) take (b) will take (c) took (d) taked
32. 32.___ my brother watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.Tara ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) told (c) will tell (d) telled
34. 34.___ we fly a kite last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
35. 35.My parents did not ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sending (c) sends (d) send
36. 36.You did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helping (b) helped (c) help (d) helps
37. 37.___ Pooja dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
38. 38.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
39. 39.We ___ Hindi last week. (a) will speak (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaked
40. 40.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building

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