Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 816 · 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 swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
2. 2.They ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rode (b) rided (c) will ride (d) ride
3. 3.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
4. 4.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taken (c) taked (d) taking
5. 5.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) ran (d) runned
6. 6.They did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) drink (d) drinking
7. 7.I did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogged
8. 8.My parents did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) caught
9. 9.He ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) wore (c) will wear (d) weared
10. 10.Neel did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) help (b) helping (c) helped (d) helps
11. 11.Riya ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) carries (c) has carried (d) carried
12. 12.He ___ for the team yesterday. (a) will clap (b) has clapped (c) claps (d) clapped
13. 13.I did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) cooking
14. 14.___ we cook rice yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
15. 15.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaked
16. 16.We ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) will carry (b) carry (c) carried (d) have carried
17. 17.Zoya did not ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
18. 18.___ I cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
19. 19.We did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dances (d) dance
20. 20.My brother ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleans (d) has cleaned
21. 21.___ the children build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
22. 22.___ they carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
23. 23.You ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rided (b) rode (c) ride (d) will ride
24. 24.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
25. 25.We ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swim (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) will swim
26. 26.___ Riya bring lunch two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
27. 27.___ you clean the room in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
28. 28.She did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) bake (d) baking
29. 29.They ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throwed (b) will throw (c) throw (d) threw
30. 30.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
31. 31.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) threw
32. 32.Tara did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speak
33. 33.Ira did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) washing (c) washes (d) wash
34. 34.___ Manav tell a story last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
35. 35.She ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooks (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) has cooked
36. 36.My cousins ___ a song last week. (a) will sing (b) sing (c) have sung (d) sang
37. 37.Kabir ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rode (b) rides (c) rided (d) will ride
38. 38.He ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) will build (b) builds (c) built (d) builded
39. 39.The children ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) write
40. 40.I ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) will throw (c) throwed (d) throw

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