Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 994 · 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.They ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swim
2. 2.She did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swim
3. 3.___ I wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.___ Nisha play cricket yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
6. 6.He ___ the room yesterday. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) cleans
7. 7.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaked
8. 8.___ you help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
9. 9.I did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planting (b) planted (c) plant (d) plants
10. 10.___ my brother take the train last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
11. 11.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
12. 12.___ the children run in the park yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
13. 13.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
14. 14.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
15. 15.___ we bake a cake yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
16. 16.___ we fly a kite last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
17. 17.My sister ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) will speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaked
18. 18.___ you plant a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.We did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleaning
20. 20.Myra did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) play (c) played (d) playing
21. 21.They ___ tea in 2023. (a) maked (b) make (c) will make (d) made
22. 22.We ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) have planted (c) will plant (d) planted
23. 23.Rahul did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch (d) watched
24. 24.You did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
25. 25.The students ___ the match last Sunday. (a) win (b) won (c) will win (d) winned
26. 26.She did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) planted
27. 27.He did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
28. 28.I ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) will clap (b) have clapped (c) clap (d) clapped
29. 29.They did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogged
30. 30.Aarav did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) makes (b) making (c) make (d) made
31. 31.My friends ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) have helped (b) help (c) will help (d) helped
32. 32.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rode (d) rided
33. 33.She ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) made (c) maked (d) will make
34. 34.He ___ rice last Sunday. (a) has cooked (b) will cook (c) cooks (d) cooked
35. 35.We did not ___ a cake last week. (a) bake (b) baking (c) baked (d) bakes
36. 36.___ the students speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
37. 37.You ___ a mango yesterday. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eated (d) eat
38. 38.My brother ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sended (c) sends (d) will send
39. 39.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flew (d) flying
40. 40.___ we feed the dog yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does

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