Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 124 · 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.I did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washes (b) washing (c) wash (d) washed
2. 2.___ I cook rice yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
3. 3.My sister did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) goes (c) going (d) go
4. 4.We did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flew (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
5. 5.She did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
6. 6.We did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feed
7. 7.I did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) baked
8. 8.___ we swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
9. 9.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) run (c) runned (d) running
10. 10.Isha did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) danced
11. 11.We ___ a letter two days ago. (a) write (b) will write (c) wrote (d) writed
12. 12.They did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) send (b) sends (c) sending (d) sent
13. 13.We did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) go (b) went (c) goes (d) going
14. 14.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) gone (d) going
15. 15.___ they plant a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
16. 16.We ___ a cartoon last week. (a) have watched (b) watched (c) will watch (d) watch
17. 17.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flew
18. 18.Riya ___ for the team in 2023. (a) has clapped (b) claps (c) will clap (d) clapped
19. 19.___ my brother wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
20. 20.You ___ the train two days ago. (a) take (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
21. 21.She ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) has played (b) played (c) plays (d) will play
22. 22.I did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) went (b) going (c) goes (d) go
23. 23.She ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) has jogged (d) will jog
24. 24.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
25. 25.___ we play cricket last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
26. 26.Aditya did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buys (b) buying (c) bought (d) buy
27. 27.She ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) will wash (b) has washed (c) washed (d) washes
28. 28.My friends ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) will run
29. 29.Neel ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) made (c) maked (d) makes
30. 30.My brother ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buyed (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buys
31. 31.He did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) bought
32. 32.You ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) writed (d) write
33. 33.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwed
34. 34.Pooja ___ lunch last week. (a) will bring (b) bringed (c) brings (d) brought
35. 35.___ I climb a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
36. 36.___ Arjun feed the dog yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
37. 37.We did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washed (d) washing
38. 38.___ my sister jog in the park last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.Arjun did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) wrote
40. 40.The students ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helped (c) have helped (d) will help

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