Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 752 · 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 buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
2. 2.You ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feed (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeded
3. 3.We did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) won
4. 4.She did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) built (c) building (d) build
5. 5.Kunal did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telling (b) told (c) tell (d) tells
6. 6.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
7. 7.We did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swims (d) swim
8. 8.Kabir ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) has cooked (d) cooks
9. 9.You ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draw (b) drew (c) drawed (d) will draw
10. 10.He did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
11. 11.My cousins ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) will carry (b) have carried (c) carry (d) carried
12. 12.___ my sister clap for the team yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
13. 13.Riya did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) carried
14. 14.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
15. 15.They ___ the train two days ago. (a) taked (b) took (c) will take (d) take
16. 16.They ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) will bring (d) bring
17. 17.___ I ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.I did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
19. 19.Isha ___ a kite yesterday. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) flies (d) flew
20. 20.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) rided (d) riding
21. 21.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) weared (c) worn (d) wearing
22. 22.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) took (d) taking
23. 23.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swimmed
24. 24.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) will play (c) have played (d) play
25. 25.You ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) will bake (c) have baked (d) baked
26. 26.___ Riya take the train two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
27. 27.___ my friends climb a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.___ you cook rice last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
29. 29.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
30. 30.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) ate (d) eaten
31. 31.___ we speak Hindi last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
32. 32.They ___ on the stage last week. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) have danced (d) dance
33. 33.We ___ tea in 2023. (a) will make (b) make (c) maked (d) made
34. 34.___ you bring lunch two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
35. 35.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawn
36. 36.___ I send a message two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
37. 37.He ___ the match last Sunday. (a) will win (b) won (c) winned (d) wins
38. 38.___ you climb a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
39. 39.They ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) weared (c) wear (d) will wear
40. 40.They ___ a cake last week. (a) have baked (b) will bake (c) baked (d) bake

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