Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 742 · 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.My friends did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clapped (b) clapping (c) clap (d) claps
2. 2.My parents ___ a cake in 2023. (a) have baked (b) bake (c) baked (d) will bake
3. 3.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
4. 4.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) going (d) gone
5. 5.___ she throw the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
6. 6.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
7. 7.___ we catch the ball two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
8. 8.I ___ a cap yesterday. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wear (d) wore
9. 9.He ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) has baked (d) will bake
10. 10.___ you send a message last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
11. 11.You did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) bring (d) brought
12. 12.My brother ___ the match last Sunday. (a) will win (b) wins (c) winned (d) won
13. 13.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoke
14. 14.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
15. 15.___ I plant a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.___ I fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
17. 17.Rohan ___ tea in 2023. (a) maked (b) makes (c) will make (d) made
18. 18.I ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swim (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swimmed
19. 19.Kabir ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writed (b) will write (c) wrote (d) writes
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) writing (d) wrote
21. 21.___ Tara swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
22. 22.She ___ a cake last week. (a) has baked (b) bakes (c) will bake (d) baked
23. 23.___ she wear a cap yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
24. 24.I ___ for the team yesterday. (a) have clapped (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) clap
25. 25.I ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) played (c) will play (d) have played
26. 26.My sister ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) has planted (b) planted (c) plants (d) will plant
27. 27.Yash did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) bake (d) baking
28. 28.My parents did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
29. 29.My brother did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runs
30. 30.___ he bring lunch yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
31. 31.___ you swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
32. 32.We ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) will study (c) study (d) have studied
33. 33.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
34. 34.She ___ a mango last week. (a) eated (b) ate (c) eats (d) will eat
35. 35.You ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) will run (c) run (d) runned
36. 36.He ___ a song yesterday. (a) has sung (b) sings (c) will sing (d) sang
37. 37.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runned
38. 38.We did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooked (d) cooks
39. 39.We ___ lunch yesterday. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) bring
40. 40.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) weared (d) worn

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar