Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 995 · 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.He ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) rides (c) will ride (d) rided
2. 2.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
3. 3.We ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) will wash (b) wash (c) washed (d) have washed
4. 4.We ___ the dog last week. (a) will feed (b) feed (c) feeded (d) fed
5. 5.I ___ science last week. (a) will study (b) have studied (c) studied (d) study
6. 6.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
7. 7.We did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) ran (b) running (c) runs (d) run
8. 8.I ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) will jog
9. 9.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throwing (d) thrown
10. 10.The children ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swimmed (d) will swim
11. 11.___ I clean the room yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
12. 12.She ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) will wash (b) has washed (c) washed (d) washes
13. 13.___ we clean the room last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.They ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) will buy (b) buy (c) buyed (d) bought
15. 15.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
16. 16.I ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) swim (c) will swim (d) swam
17. 17.___ my friends tell a story last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
18. 18.___ I cook rice last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
19. 19.___ she carry the bag yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
20. 20.He did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
21. 21.She did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) played (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
22. 22.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
23. 23.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) writing (d) wrote
24. 24.They ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) fly (d) flew
25. 25.My brother ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) will send (c) sended (d) sent
26. 26.He ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eated (b) eats (c) ate (d) will eat
27. 27.My parents ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) win (c) winned (d) will win
28. 28.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flown
29. 29.My brother ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tells (b) will tell (c) told (d) telled
30. 30.___ Vivaan bring lunch yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
31. 31.You did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baking (b) bake (c) baked (d) bakes
32. 32.She ___ a mango last week. (a) eated (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eats
33. 33.You ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eat (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eated
34. 34.Nisha ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) builded (c) built (d) will build
35. 35.We ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swim
36. 36.She ___ for the team two days ago. (a) has clapped (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) claps
37. 37.She did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
38. 38.He did not ___ in the park last week. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) ran
39. 39.You ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bring (b) will bring (c) bringed (d) brought
40. 40.She ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) will speak (d) speaks

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