Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 790 · 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.___ he take the train last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
2. 2.___ you wear a cap two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swimming (d) swam
4. 4.She did not ___ the train last week. (a) takes (b) taking (c) took (d) take
5. 5.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
6. 6.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
7. 7.I ___ the room yesterday. (a) have cleaned (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) will clean
8. 8.___ you carry the bag in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
9. 9.My sister did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feeds
10. 10.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
11. 11.___ my brother go to school two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.___ we win the match last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
13. 13.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) spoke
14. 14.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
15. 15.You did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
16. 16.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drinking
17. 17.Manav ___ to school two days ago. (a) goed (b) will go (c) goes (d) went
18. 18.___ you play cricket yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.You did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speak
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) writed (d) written
21. 21.He did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
22. 22.I ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) taked (c) took (d) will take
23. 23.He ___ a message two days ago. (a) sends (b) sent (c) will send (d) sended
24. 24.You did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) danced
25. 25.I did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studies (b) studied (c) studying (d) study
26. 26.She did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helped (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
27. 27.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flew
28. 28.___ Diya throw the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
29. 29.We ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writed (b) wrote (c) will write (d) write
30. 30.My parents did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) drew
31. 31.___ we wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
32. 32.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) runned (d) run
33. 33.You ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) goed (c) went (d) will go
34. 34.We did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) helped
35. 35.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) took (d) taken
36. 36.He did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) ran
37. 37.___ Riya drink milk last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
38. 38.We ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rided (b) ride (c) will ride (d) rode
39. 39.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eated (d) eating
40. 40.My parents ___ a cake last week. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) bake (d) will bake

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