Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 835 · 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 “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
2. 2.___ Yash make tea last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
3. 3.___ we jog in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
5. 5.I did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
6. 6.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
7. 7.The students ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) will carry (d) carried
8. 8.They did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) clapped
9. 9.___ Aarav build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.We did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaks
11. 11.Meera did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) send (c) sending (d) sent
12. 12.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
13. 13.___ you clean the room in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.Vivaan did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buying (d) buys
15. 15.We did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washes (b) washed (c) wash (d) washing
16. 16.___ I write a letter yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.___ my parents dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
18. 18.We did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builds (b) built (c) build (d) building
19. 19.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimmed
20. 20.We ___ a mango last week. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eated (d) eat
21. 21.My sister ___ rice yesterday. (a) has cooked (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) cooks
22. 22.I did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) danced
23. 23.___ I write a letter two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rode (c) rided (d) riding
25. 25.We ___ science yesterday. (a) have studied (b) studied (c) will study (d) study
26. 26.Rahul did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) writing (c) wrote (d) write
27. 27.You ___ rice last week. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) cook
28. 28.I ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) will wash (b) have washed (c) washed (d) wash
29. 29.They did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studies (b) studied (c) studying (d) study
30. 30.Omkar did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eating (b) eat (c) eats (d) ate
31. 31.They did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cooking
32. 32.I did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
33. 33.You ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feed (d) will feed
34. 34.I did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helping (b) helped (c) help (d) helps
35. 35.We ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watch (d) have watched
36. 36.My parents ___ a tree in 2023. (a) will plant (b) have planted (c) planted (d) plant
37. 37.She ___ the bag in 2023. (a) has carried (b) carried (c) carries (d) will carry
38. 38.My sister ___ the match last Sunday. (a) won (b) will win (c) winned (d) wins
39. 39.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
40. 40.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drank

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