Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 963 · 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.Arjun ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) brings (d) will bring
2. 2.We did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carry
3. 3.I did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
4. 4.___ he feed the dog yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
5. 5.My parents did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) caught
6. 6.___ Farhan build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
7. 7.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
8. 8.She did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
9. 9.My sister ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throws (c) will throw (d) throwed
10. 10.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) worn (d) wore
11. 11.She did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) jog
12. 12.___ they run in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
13. 13.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swimmed (d) swum
14. 14.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flown
15. 15.___ he clean the room two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
16. 16.My cousins ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) will cook
17. 17.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawing
18. 18.They ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) cook (c) cooked (d) have cooked
19. 19.___ I climb a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
20. 20.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eated
21. 21.___ you ride a bicycle last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
22. 22.They did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builds (b) built (c) building (d) build
23. 23.___ I draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taked (d) taken
25. 25.I ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) will speak (c) speak (d) speaked
26. 26.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
27. 27.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
28. 28.Tara did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) cleaned
29. 29.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
30. 30.My cousins ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) will build (b) built (c) builded (d) build
31. 31.She ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) will dance (b) dances (c) has danced (d) danced
32. 32.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) throwed (d) threw
33. 33.___ they cook rice two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
34. 34.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
35. 35.Nisha did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) takes (c) took (d) taking
36. 36.I ___ tea last Sunday. (a) make (b) will make (c) made (d) maked
37. 37.___ we study science yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.He ___ tea two days ago. (a) made (b) maked (c) will make (d) makes
39. 39.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) writing (d) wrote
40. 40.She ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rided (d) rides

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