Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 802 · 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.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rode (d) rided
2. 2.___ they play cricket two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
3. 3.Rohan did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
4. 4.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
5. 5.We ___ the room yesterday. (a) have cleaned (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) clean
6. 6.They did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buying (d) buys
7. 7.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
8. 8.We ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) will speak (d) speaked
9. 9.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
10. 10.___ we jog in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
11. 11.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
12. 12.___ my brother throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eated
14. 14.___ my sister ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
15. 15.The students did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) buy (c) bought (d) buys
16. 16.We did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) built (b) building (c) builds (d) build
17. 17.The children did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) cleans
18. 18.My cousins ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) write (b) writed (c) will write (d) wrote
19. 19.She ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has planted (b) will plant (c) planted (d) plants
20. 20.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) spoken
21. 21.___ you play cricket two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
22. 22.You ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) have planted (c) will plant (d) plant
23. 23.Riya ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) has planted
24. 24.They ___ cricket last week. (a) will play (b) play (c) have played (d) played
25. 25.I ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) carried (c) have carried (d) will carry
26. 26.We ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dance (b) danced (c) have danced (d) will dance
27. 27.___ my cousins go to school two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.My friends ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eat (b) ate (c) eated (d) will eat
29. 29.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
30. 30.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
31. 31.___ the children dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.___ we speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
33. 33.___ you throw the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
34. 34.We did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
35. 35.My friends ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watched
36. 36.He ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) eated (c) ate (d) will eat
37. 37.___ my friends climb a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
38. 38.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swam
39. 39.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) thrown (c) throwed (d) threw
40. 40.We ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) wear (d) weared

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