Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 735 · 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.We ___ the train in 2023. (a) will take (b) taked (c) take (d) took
2. 2.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flew
3. 3.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taken (c) taked (d) taking
4. 4.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam
5. 5.___ I watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
6. 6.I did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
7. 7.She ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) will study (c) studied (d) has studied
8. 8.My friends did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
9. 9.You ___ a message in 2023. (a) sent (b) will send (c) sended (d) send
10. 10.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) written (d) wrote
11. 11.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eated (d) eaten
12. 12.___ she drink milk two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
13. 13.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) goed (c) going (d) gone
14. 14.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) worn (c) wore (d) weared
15. 15.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) spoke
16. 16.___ she study science last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
17. 17.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) throwed
18. 18.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
19. 19.My sister ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) has baked (c) bakes (d) will bake
20. 20.We ___ a tree two days ago. (a) have climbed (b) climb (c) will climb (d) climbed
21. 21.My sister did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) play (b) played (c) plays (d) playing
22. 22.I did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaks
23. 23.My friends did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throws (c) throw (d) throwing
24. 24.___ my sister plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
25. 25.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
26. 26.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
27. 27.They did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drinks
28. 28.Yash did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rode (b) riding (c) ride (d) rides
29. 29.Ananya did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writing (b) writes (c) wrote (d) write
30. 30.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
31. 31.My brother ___ rice yesterday. (a) has cooked (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) will cook
32. 32.We ___ rice last Sunday. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) cook
33. 33.My friends ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) have danced (b) will dance (c) dance (d) danced
34. 34.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
35. 35.___ we study science two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.___ Ishaan dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
37. 37.___ she speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.She did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speaking
39. 39.___ my sister send a message last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
40. 40.___ Pooja buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did

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