Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 75 · 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.You ___ a song two days ago. (a) sing (b) will sing (c) sang (d) have sung
2. 2.You did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) taking (b) take (c) takes (d) took
3. 3.___ we help Grandma in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
4. 4.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
5. 5.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
6. 6.___ my parents play cricket yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
8. 8.I ___ vegetables last week. (a) buyed (b) buy (c) bought (d) will buy
9. 9.We did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eat (b) eats (c) ate (d) eating
10. 10.You ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watch (d) have watched
11. 11.I ___ rice yesterday. (a) have cooked (b) cook (c) cooked (d) will cook
12. 12.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rode (c) riding (d) rided
13. 13.You did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) going (b) went (c) goes (d) go
14. 14.___ you bake a cake two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
15. 15.The children did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buying (c) buys (d) buy
16. 16.We did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) wrote
17. 17.___ my sister feed the dog two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
18. 18.___ they fly a kite in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
19. 19.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runned
20. 20.___ she jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
21. 21.___ my brother plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
22. 22.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
23. 23.They did not ___ the train last week. (a) took (b) taking (c) takes (d) take
24. 24.___ we speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
25. 25.We ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) will bake (c) have baked (d) baked
26. 26.Nisha ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swims (b) swimmed (c) will swim (d) swam
27. 27.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked
28. 28.She did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runs
29. 29.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
30. 30.You did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) write (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writes
31. 31.She did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buying (b) buy (c) bought (d) buys
32. 32.___ they carry the bag last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
33. 33.They ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runned (b) run (c) will run (d) ran
34. 34.They ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) have planted (c) planted (d) will plant
35. 35.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eated
36. 36.___ I carry the bag last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
37. 37.They ___ tea two days ago. (a) maked (b) will make (c) made (d) make
38. 38.The students ___ in the park yesterday. (a) ran (b) will run (c) run (d) runned
39. 39.The children did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
40. 40.___ we go to school two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did

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