Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 751 · 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.___ she climb a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
2. 2.___ you fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
3. 3.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) went (d) going
4. 4.He did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
5. 5.They ___ a song last Sunday. (a) will sing (b) sing (c) sang (d) have sung
6. 6.You ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climb (b) will climb (c) climbed (d) have climbed
7. 7.Myra ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) ran (c) runned (d) will run
8. 8.___ Kabir carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
9. 9.___ we sing a song last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
10. 10.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
11. 11.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
12. 12.We ___ a song yesterday. (a) sing (b) sang (c) have sung (d) will sing
13. 13.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
14. 14.___ you plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
15. 15.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
16. 16.Tara did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
17. 17.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) running
18. 18.We ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builded (b) build (c) will build (d) built
19. 19.Tara ___ in the pool last week. (a) swims (b) swimmed (c) will swim (d) swam
20. 20.___ Neel wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
21. 21.You did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) washed
22. 22.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
23. 23.My brother ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) plants (d) has planted
24. 24.___ Kabir plant a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
25. 25.He ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) will feed (c) feeded (d) feeds
26. 26.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
27. 27.___ my sister draw a picture two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
28. 28.We did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) helped
29. 29.Karan did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
30. 30.___ Meera build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
31. 31.They ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) build (b) built (c) will build (d) builded
32. 32.___ my parents cook rice in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
33. 33.Vivaan did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
34. 34.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) written (d) wrote
35. 35.They did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sending (b) sent (c) sends (d) send
36. 36.My friends ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) builded (c) will build (d) build
37. 37.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
38. 38.My friends ___ the match last Sunday. (a) won (b) win (c) will win (d) winned
39. 39.She ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) has cleaned
40. 40.___ I cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did

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