Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 789 · 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 did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feed
2. 2.We ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) will tell (c) tell (d) telled
3. 3.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
4. 4.___ Manav send a message in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
5. 5.___ you ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
6. 6.I did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) going (b) go (c) went (d) goes
7. 7.My parents ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) will swim (b) swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
8. 8.You did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
9. 9.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swimming
10. 10.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
11. 11.My parents did not ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) took
12. 12.___ I make tea last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
13. 13.You did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
14. 14.I ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catch
15. 15.___ you study science last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
16. 16.He ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) has jogged
17. 17.She ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) made (c) maked (d) will make
18. 18.Arjun ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) will feed (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feeded
19. 19.___ she speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
20. 20.Aarav did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throws
21. 21.___ I jog in the park in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
22. 22.Vivaan ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will climb (b) climbed (c) has climbed (d) climbs
23. 23.My parents did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feed
24. 24.I did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) made (c) make (d) making
25. 25.___ my brother study science yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
26. 26.You did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
27. 27.___ we fly a kite two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.___ my brother wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
29. 29.They ___ the ball in 2023. (a) caught (b) will catch (c) catched (d) catch
30. 30.We did not ___ a song last week. (a) sang (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
31. 31.My parents ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buyed
32. 32.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
33. 33.___ my brother feed the dog last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
34. 34.You ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaked (b) speak (c) spoke (d) will speak
35. 35.I ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) have watched (b) watched (c) watch (d) will watch
36. 36.I did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catch (d) catching
37. 37.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
38. 38.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) ran (d) running
39. 39.You ___ a tree last week. (a) plant (b) have planted (c) planted (d) will plant
40. 40.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) writing (d) wrote

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