Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 887 · 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.I ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) have studied (c) will study (d) studied
2. 2.You ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) will catch (b) caught (c) catched (d) catch
3. 3.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
4. 4.You did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flew (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
5. 5.___ the students feed the dog yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
6. 6.My brother ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rided (b) rides (c) rode (d) will ride
7. 7.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) going (d) goed
8. 8.They ___ the train yesterday. (a) took (b) taked (c) will take (d) take
9. 9.___ my cousins cook rice last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
10. 10.We did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writes (d) writing
11. 11.My friends ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) will swim (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swim
12. 12.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
13. 13.I ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climb (b) have climbed (c) will climb (d) climbed
14. 14.My brother ___ a story last week. (a) tells (b) will tell (c) told (d) telled
15. 15.You did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winning (b) wins (c) win (d) won
16. 16.They did not ___ the match last week. (a) win (b) winning (c) won (d) wins
17. 17.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
18. 18.___ I speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
19. 19.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
20. 20.___ he send a message last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
21. 21.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawed
22. 22.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
23. 23.They did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catching (d) catch
24. 24.You ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buyed
25. 25.___ he make tea last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
26. 26.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) ridden (c) riding (d) rode
27. 27.___ Riya feed the dog two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.___ my sister watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
29. 29.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) worn (d) weared
30. 30.___ Riya go to school in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
31. 31.Arjun ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) wears (c) weared (d) will wear
32. 32.You ___ a song two days ago. (a) sing (b) have sung (c) sang (d) will sing
33. 33.He ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brings (b) bringed (c) brought (d) will bring
34. 34.___ we buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
35. 35.___ Ira throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
36. 36.We ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwed (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throw
37. 37.She ___ science in 2023. (a) studies (b) has studied (c) will study (d) studied
38. 38.My cousins ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) took (c) take (d) will take
39. 39.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swimming (d) swum
40. 40.Kabir did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play (d) playing

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