Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 985 · 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) goed (c) went (d) going
2. 2.My cousins ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) have planted (c) will plant (d) planted
3. 3.I did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jogged
4. 4.You did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carried (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
5. 5.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rode (d) rided
6. 6.Riya did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flew (b) flies (c) fly (d) flying
7. 7.You ___ the bag in 2023. (a) have carried (b) carry (c) will carry (d) carried
8. 8.___ she speak Hindi last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
9. 9.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eated (d) eaten
10. 10.She did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drew (b) drawing (c) draws (d) draw
11. 11.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) threw (d) thrown
12. 12.We ___ a message in 2023. (a) sent (b) will send (c) send (d) sended
13. 13.My sister ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) writes (c) writed (d) wrote
14. 14.We ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) will ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) ride
15. 15.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
16. 16.They ___ a cap in 2023. (a) weared (b) wore (c) will wear (d) wear
17. 17.You ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) bake (c) have baked (d) will bake
18. 18.You ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watched
19. 19.___ Farhan eat a mango yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
20. 20.___ my brother win the match yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.Manav ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swims
22. 22.___ Aditya fly a kite last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
23. 23.They ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) will swim (d) swim
24. 24.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
25. 25.My sister did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) took
26. 26.___ we play cricket yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.___ I build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
28. 28.___ you tell a story yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
29. 29.___ I drink milk yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) running (d) ran
31. 31.___ my brother run in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
32. 32.He ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has planted (b) will plant (c) plants (d) planted
33. 33.___ she jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
34. 34.He ___ in the park last week. (a) has jogged (b) jogs (c) will jog (d) jogged
35. 35.They did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) rode
36. 36.I ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feed (d) will feed
37. 37.___ you win the match yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
38. 38.___ you speak Hindi last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flown (c) flying (d) flyed
40. 40.He ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) brings

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