Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 817 · 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.Riya did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) bring (c) brings (d) bringing
2. 2.She did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) cleaning
3. 3.Ananya ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) will feed (c) feeded (d) fed
4. 4.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) rode (d) ridden
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
6. 6.You did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
7. 7.He did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dances (d) dance
8. 8.I did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rides (b) rode (c) riding (d) ride
9. 9.I ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) have cooked (c) cook (d) will cook
10. 10.___ I clean the room yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
11. 11.My parents ___ a song last week. (a) sing (b) sang (c) will sing (d) have sung
12. 12.Omkar did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
13. 13.You did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) clap (d) clapped
14. 14.My brother did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) drew (d) draw
15. 15.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) run (c) runned (d) running
16. 16.Omkar ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studies
17. 17.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
18. 18.They did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinks
19. 19.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) writed (c) wrote (d) written
20. 20.They ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builded (b) will build (c) built (d) build
21. 21.We ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bring (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) brought
22. 22.He did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) sang
23. 23.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
24. 24.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taking (d) taken
25. 25.___ the children speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
26. 26.Dev ___ a mango last week. (a) eats (b) eated (c) will eat (d) ate
27. 27.You ___ the room yesterday. (a) will clean (b) have cleaned (c) cleaned (d) clean
28. 28.I did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
29. 29.They ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will run (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
30. 30.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
31. 31.They ___ science in 2023. (a) will study (b) study (c) have studied (d) studied
32. 32.___ they tell a story in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
33. 33.You did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
34. 34.___ I plant a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
35. 35.___ I eat a mango last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
36. 36.My parents ___ the bag two days ago. (a) will carry (b) carry (c) have carried (d) carried
37. 37.___ my sister help Grandma yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
38. 38.My sister did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) winning (b) win (c) wins (d) won
39. 39.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) went (c) goed (d) going
40. 40.Riya did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak

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