Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 748 · 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 “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swimmed
2. 2.I did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speak
3. 3.___ Pooja buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
4. 4.___ he swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
5. 5.You ___ a message two days ago. (a) sended (b) will send (c) sent (d) send
6. 6.You did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooks
7. 7.I ___ for the team in 2023. (a) have clapped (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) clap
8. 8.He ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catches (c) will catch (d) catched
9. 9.___ you tell a story last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
10. 10.We ___ to school in 2023. (a) go (b) went (c) goed (d) will go
11. 11.They did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
12. 12.Kunal did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) riding (b) rides (c) rode (d) ride
13. 13.He ___ the bag two days ago. (a) will carry (b) has carried (c) carries (d) carried
14. 14.You ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) will dance (d) danced
15. 15.___ my brother take the train last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
16. 16.He did not ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) drew (c) draws (d) drawing
17. 17.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
18. 18.We did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) clap
19. 19.___ he bake a cake in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) written (d) writed
21. 21.___ you wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
22. 22.I did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catching (b) caught (c) catches (d) catch
23. 23.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
24. 24.___ she fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
25. 25.___ she write a letter yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.She did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
27. 27.___ you take the train last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
28. 28.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) spoke
29. 29.The students ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) planted (c) will plant (d) have planted
30. 30.She did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) danced (d) dance
31. 31.She did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) rides (c) ride (d) riding
32. 32.I ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watch (c) have watched (d) will watch
33. 33.Ira ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swims (d) will swim
34. 34.Farhan ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dances (b) has danced (c) danced (d) will dance
35. 35.You ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) have watched (b) will watch (c) watched (d) watch
36. 36.___ he speak Hindi last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
37. 37.___ they sing a song two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.You did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plant (b) planted (c) planting (d) plants
39. 39.She did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) make (c) made (d) making
40. 40.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) run (d) running

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