Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 875 · 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.Zoya ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flew (b) flyed (c) will fly (d) flies
2. 2.He ___ a story last week. (a) will tell (b) told (c) tells (d) telled
3. 3.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eating
4. 4.We did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) running (c) runs (d) ran
5. 5.He did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
6. 6.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) writed (c) wrote (d) written
7. 7.My brother ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buyed (d) will buy
8. 8.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flown (d) flying
9. 9.I ___ the match last week. (a) will win (b) winned (c) win (d) won
10. 10.___ my cousins win the match two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
11. 11.My friends ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) will bake (c) have baked (d) bake
12. 12.___ he play cricket yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
13. 13.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoken
14. 14.___ I eat a mango yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
15. 15.___ I buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
16. 16.They ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) have planted (c) plant (d) will plant
17. 17.___ Yash climb a tree last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
18. 18.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) thrown (c) threw (d) throwed
19. 19.I did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draws (b) drew (c) drawing (d) draw
20. 20.Saanvi ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) ran (b) will run (c) runs (d) runned
21. 21.We ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) will take (c) took (d) take
22. 22.___ my parents carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) goed (d) went
24. 24.She did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helping (c) helps (d) helped
25. 25.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
26. 26.___ my friends dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
27. 27.___ Tara wear a cap yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
28. 28.___ Neel play cricket yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
29. 29.He did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) rode (c) ride (d) riding
30. 30.___ we build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
31. 31.You ___ the dog two days ago. (a) will feed (b) feed (c) feeded (d) fed
32. 32.She ___ the train two days ago. (a) will take (b) taked (c) takes (d) took
33. 33.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
34. 34.The students ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buy (d) will buy
35. 35.Arjun ___ to school two days ago. (a) goes (b) will go (c) goed (d) went
36. 36.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) ridden (c) riding (d) rode
37. 37.She ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) has climbed (d) will climb
38. 38.My brother ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feeds
39. 39.___ they sing a song last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
40. 40.___ you write a letter yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does

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