Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 977 · 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 “go”? (a) gone (b) went (c) goed (d) going
2. 2.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flying
3. 3.He ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) will speak (d) speaked
4. 4.They ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) will build (b) build (c) builded (d) built
5. 5.My sister ___ science in 2023. (a) has studied (b) will study (c) studied (d) studies
6. 6.I ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) help (d) helped
7. 7.___ we feed the dog last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
8. 8.___ they drink milk yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
9. 9.___ we carry the bag two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
10. 10.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) running
11. 11.___ he drink milk last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
12. 12.We ___ the ball last week. (a) catch (b) catched (c) caught (d) will catch
13. 13.He ___ rice last week. (a) has cooked (b) will cook (c) cooks (d) cooked
14. 14.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
15. 15.Kabir ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) wins (c) will win (d) winned
16. 16.He ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will throw (b) threw (c) throws (d) throwed
17. 17.___ we write a letter yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking
19. 19.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
20. 20.My friends ___ the match last week. (a) win (b) won (c) winned (d) will win
21. 21.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) wrote (d) writed
22. 22.My sister did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooked
23. 23.___ they take the train in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
24. 24.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
25. 25.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eaten (d) eating
26. 26.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
27. 27.___ we wear a cap in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
28. 28.She did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaking
29. 29.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) threw (d) throwing
30. 30.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
31. 31.My cousins did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drew (c) drawing (d) draw
32. 32.She did not ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) playing (c) played (d) play
33. 33.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) taking (d) took
34. 34.Rohan did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) throw
35. 35.___ they study science yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
36. 36.My brother did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) cleans
37. 37.You ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned
38. 38.Rohan ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) will jog (d) has jogged
39. 39.___ I ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
40. 40.___ Ananya run in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was

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