Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 129 · 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.My sister did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
2. 2.___ he send a message two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
3. 3.___ Neel climb a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swimming (d) swam
5. 5.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) weared (d) wore
6. 6.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
7. 7.We ___ for the team yesterday. (a) have clapped (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) clap
8. 8.___ you play cricket in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
9. 9.___ they win the match last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.She did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) win (b) won (c) wins (d) winning
11. 11.___ my sister swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drinked
13. 13.She did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) builds (c) build (d) building
14. 14.You did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drinks
15. 15.He did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) goes (b) go (c) going (d) went
16. 16.___ the students bake a cake two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.___ she watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
19. 19.We did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buys (b) buying (c) bought (d) buy
20. 20.Dev ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) will wash (c) washes (d) has washed
21. 21.She did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throw (b) throws (c) threw (d) throwing
22. 22.He ___ a story last week. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) told (d) tells
23. 23.The children did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
24. 24.You did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) made (b) making (c) make (d) makes
25. 25.She did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eat (b) ate (c) eats (d) eating
26. 26.They ___ a cake last week. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) will bake (d) bake
27. 27.I did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) goes (c) went (d) going
28. 28.I did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapping
29. 29.You ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builded (b) will build (c) build (d) built
30. 30.My friends ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wear (b) wore (c) weared (d) will wear
31. 31.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) spoke
32. 32.You did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speaking
33. 33.___ I carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
34. 34.We ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throw (b) threw (c) will throw (d) throwed
35. 35.The children ___ a story in 2023. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) tell (d) told
36. 36.You did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clap
37. 37.Ananya ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) has baked (d) baked
38. 38.Kunal ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) will clean (d) has cleaned
39. 39.___ they clean the room last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
40. 40.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned

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