Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 116 · 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 watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.___ the children go to school two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
3. 3.___ I send a message yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
4. 4.She did not ___ science last week. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) studied
5. 5.They ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) have planted (c) planted (d) plant
6. 6.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
7. 7.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writing (d) written
8. 8.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
9. 9.___ Neel sing a song in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.My sister ___ the bag last week. (a) has carried (b) carries (c) will carry (d) carried
11. 11.We ___ the room last Sunday. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
12. 12.We did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eats (b) eat (c) ate (d) eating
13. 13.My cousins ___ a picture two days ago. (a) will draw (b) draw (c) drawed (d) drew
14. 14.My cousins did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) danced (d) dance
15. 15.___ Omkar make tea last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.Pooja ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) has played (d) will play
17. 17.We ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catch (b) catched (c) caught (d) will catch
18. 18.They ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catch
19. 19.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawn
20. 20.___ my parents clean the room in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
21. 21.___ you make tea yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) went (c) goed (d) going
23. 23.Isha ___ tea two days ago. (a) makes (b) will make (c) maked (d) made
24. 24.I ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builded (b) will build (c) built (d) build
25. 25.I ___ science last week. (a) will study (b) study (c) studied (d) have studied
26. 26.My friends ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) have watched (b) will watch (c) watched (d) watch
27. 27.___ they climb a tree in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.We did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) wears (d) wore
29. 29.You did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flew (d) flying
30. 30.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
31. 31.___ we bring lunch last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
32. 32.___ I tell a story in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.You did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) wearing (c) wears (d) wear
34. 34.He ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swims (d) swam
35. 35.___ they buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.She ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wore
37. 37.You ___ rice two days ago. (a) have cooked (b) cooked (c) will cook (d) cook
38. 38.She ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) writes (d) writed
39. 39.She did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) running (c) runs (d) ran
40. 40.She ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogs (b) will jog (c) has jogged (d) jogged

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