Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 827 · 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 “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
2. 2.___ I play cricket last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
3. 3.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaked
4. 4.___ Tara study science last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
5. 5.___ she tell a story yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
6. 6.You did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) bake (d) baking
7. 7.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
8. 8.We ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watch (c) will watch (d) have watched
9. 9.I ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) will wear (b) wear (c) wore (d) weared
10. 10.I did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) catching (c) caught (d) catch
11. 11.Yash did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooked
12. 12.___ they buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
13. 13.___ we tell a story last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
14. 14.He did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
15. 15.___ they write a letter two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
16. 16.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eating (d) eaten
17. 17.They ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eated (c) will eat (d) eat
18. 18.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swimming
19. 19.___ I swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
21. 21.She did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) watched
22. 22.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
23. 23.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
24. 24.___ my brother jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.We ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) will buy (b) bought (c) buyed (d) buy
26. 26.___ he climb a tree in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) thrown
28. 28.They ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buy (d) will buy
29. 29.___ they swim in the pool last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
30. 30.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flew (d) flyed
31. 31.I did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) spoke
32. 32.You did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) clapped (d) claps
33. 33.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned
34. 34.The children ___ tea yesterday. (a) maked (b) made (c) make (d) will make
35. 35.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
36. 36.___ you take the train in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
37. 37.We did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carry (d) carrying
38. 38.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
39. 39.My brother did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaking
40. 40.My sister did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brings

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