Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 865 · 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 “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimming
2. 2.We did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sends (b) sending (c) sent (d) send
3. 3.___ she play cricket last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.Omkar ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) will clean (d) has cleaned
5. 5.Diya ___ a cap two days ago. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wears (d) wore
6. 6.Karan did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) speak (d) spoke
7. 7.___ you wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
8. 8.They ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eat (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eated
9. 9.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drank
10. 10.He did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
11. 11.She ___ the dog last week. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeded
12. 12.She did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) send (b) sent (c) sends (d) sending
13. 13.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flown (d) flyed
14. 14.___ we build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
15. 15.She did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helping (b) help (c) helps (d) helped
16. 16.___ we study science last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.___ we drink milk last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
18. 18.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) weared (c) wore (d) worn
19. 19.We ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carry (b) carried (c) will carry (d) have carried
20. 20.Arjun ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) has played (c) will play (d) played
21. 21.Saanvi did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) washes (c) washing (d) wash
22. 22.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
23. 23.The students ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feed
24. 24.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
25. 25.You ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) took (c) take (d) will take
26. 26.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
27. 27.___ Isha bake a cake last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.___ they run in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
29. 29.I ___ tea last week. (a) will make (b) maked (c) made (d) make
30. 30.Saanvi ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) will carry (c) has carried (d) carries
31. 31.Aditya did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) built
32. 32.You ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) have planted (c) plant (d) planted
33. 33.___ we throw the ball yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
34. 34.___ my friends dance on the stage last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
36. 36.___ my friends speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
37. 37.They ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watched (d) watch
38. 38.She did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooks
39. 39.I did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) build (b) built (c) builds (d) building
40. 40.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built

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