Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 104 · 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.The students did not ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) studied (c) studying (d) studies
2. 2.___ he jog in the park yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
3. 3.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
4. 4.I did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
5. 5.We ___ cricket two days ago. (a) have played (b) will play (c) play (d) played
6. 6.Rohan did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
7. 7.I ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) will jog
8. 8.I ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watch (d) watched
9. 9.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swimmed
10. 10.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
11. 11.I did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) cook
12. 12.I ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) have carried (d) carried
13. 13.Rohan ___ the room in 2023. (a) has cleaned (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) will clean
14. 14.My sister did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) planting (c) plant (d) planted
15. 15.My brother did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) clean
16. 16.___ you feed the dog yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
17. 17.___ my cousins throw the ball last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
18. 18.I ___ the train in 2023. (a) taked (b) will take (c) take (d) took
19. 19.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flying
20. 20.___ I feed the dog two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
21. 21.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) riding (d) rode
22. 22.Saanvi ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) planted (c) will plant (d) has planted
23. 23.He ___ the ball two days ago. (a) will throw (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throws
24. 24.My brother did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) climbing (d) climb
25. 25.I ___ the ball two days ago. (a) threw (b) throw (c) will throw (d) throwed
26. 26.My friends ___ Hindi last week. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) speak (d) will speak
27. 27.The students ___ a mango last week. (a) eated (b) ate (c) eat (d) will eat
28. 28.You ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwed (b) throw (c) threw (d) will throw
29. 29.She ___ the match yesterday. (a) winned (b) won (c) will win (d) wins
30. 30.___ you climb a tree last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
31. 31.My brother did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) took (b) taking (c) takes (d) take
32. 32.They ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wear (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wore
33. 33.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
34. 34.___ we buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
35. 35.I ___ a message in 2023. (a) sended (b) send (c) will send (d) sent
36. 36.They did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
37. 37.They did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) wearing (c) wear (d) wears
38. 38.They did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbing (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) climb
39. 39.___ Ananya write a letter last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
40. 40.___ my sister bring lunch last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did

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