Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 810 · 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 “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
2. 2.She did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watched (d) watches
3. 3.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) rode (d) riding
4. 4.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) running (d) run
5. 5.Kabir ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) will ride (b) rided (c) rides (d) rode
6. 6.My cousins did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wearing (d) wore
7. 7.___ she swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
8. 8.You did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) riding (b) rode (c) ride (d) rides
9. 9.My brother did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winning (b) wins (c) won (d) win
10. 10.You ___ a song last Sunday. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sing (d) sang
11. 11.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
12. 12.Nisha did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) danced
13. 13.The children ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) will climb (d) have climbed
14. 14.We did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleaned
15. 15.___ Farhan run in the park last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throwing (d) thrown
17. 17.We did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
18. 18.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) jog (d) have jogged
19. 19.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
20. 20.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swum
21. 21.You ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
22. 22.She ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wears (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wore
23. 23.I did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) washes (c) washing (d) wash
24. 24.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
25. 25.Tara ___ a cake two days ago. (a) has baked (b) will bake (c) bakes (d) baked
26. 26.We ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) will clean (d) clean
27. 27.My friends ___ Hindi last week. (a) spoke (b) will speak (c) speak (d) speaked
28. 28.My sister ___ a kite last week. (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flies (d) will fly
29. 29.___ she fly a kite in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
30. 30.Omkar did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buying (d) buy
31. 31.They ___ a song two days ago. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sing (d) sang
32. 32.___ I wear a cap in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
33. 33.You ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) will wash (b) have washed (c) wash (d) washed
34. 34.You ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) will cook (c) have cooked (d) cook
35. 35.He ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catched (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catches
36. 36.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
37. 37.We did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) played
38. 38.You ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sended (b) send (c) will send (d) sent
39. 39.Omkar ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swims
40. 40.You ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) will clean

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