Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 90 · 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.___ you clap for the team in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
2. 2.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
3. 3.___ Zoya go to school two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
4. 4.Omkar ___ a letter last week. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) will write (d) writed
5. 5.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) ridden (d) rided
6. 6.I ___ a cap in 2023. (a) weared (b) will wear (c) wore (d) wear
7. 7.They ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) bake (c) have baked (d) baked
8. 8.___ they write a letter last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.I did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) taking (b) take (c) took (d) takes
10. 10.___ I dance on the stage last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
11. 11.They ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) will cook
12. 12.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
13. 13.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) writed (d) wrote
14. 14.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
15. 15.___ Saanvi speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
16. 16.The children ___ a mango two days ago. (a) will eat (b) eat (c) ate (d) eated
17. 17.You did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dance (d) dances
18. 18.Nisha ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) draws (d) drew
19. 19.You ___ a message yesterday. (a) send (b) sended (c) will send (d) sent
20. 20.___ you swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
22. 22.___ he plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
23. 23.___ they study science last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
24. 24.___ we help Grandma last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
25. 25.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drunk
26. 26.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throwed
27. 27.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
28. 28.___ I bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
29. 29.She ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will jog (b) has jogged (c) jogs (d) jogged
30. 30.___ Diya jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
31. 31.___ they play cricket two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
32. 32.The students ___ to school last Sunday. (a) go (b) will go (c) goed (d) went
33. 33.___ they go to school two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
34. 34.They ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) swim (c) will swim (d) swam
35. 35.I ___ the room two days ago. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) clean
36. 36.My brother ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) ran (b) runned (c) runs (d) will run
37. 37.___ she study science two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
38. 38.Omkar did not ___ the ball last week. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throw
39. 39.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaking
40. 40.___ my brother bake a cake in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was

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