Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 134 · 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.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) goed (d) went
2. 2.He ___ cricket yesterday. (a) will play (b) plays (c) has played (d) played
3. 3.Ishaan ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) drew
4. 4.My parents did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helps (b) helped (c) helping (d) help
5. 5.The children did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wear (b) wore (c) wearing (d) wears
6. 6.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawn (c) drew (d) drawed
7. 7.They did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) write (d) writing
8. 8.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
9. 9.She did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) brought
10. 10.My cousins ___ the room yesterday. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) clean
11. 11.He ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sended (c) will send (d) sent
12. 12.We ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) will watch
13. 13.___ we cook rice last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
14. 14.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
15. 15.I did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) danced
16. 16.She did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drink
17. 17.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) taked (d) took
18. 18.___ I dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
19. 19.You ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) will study (c) study (d) have studied
20. 20.They did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buying (d) buy
21. 21.Vivaan ___ cricket last week. (a) has played (b) plays (c) played (d) will play
22. 22.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
23. 23.My brother ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) will plant (c) has planted (d) planted
24. 24.Aisha ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) will wash (b) washes (c) has washed (d) washed
25. 25.___ she speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.___ she clap for the team yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
27. 27.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eated (d) eating
28. 28.We did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clap
29. 29.She did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played (d) playing
30. 30.My brother ___ a tree last week. (a) has climbed (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) will climb
31. 31.___ you wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.You did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
33. 33.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
34. 34.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) weared (c) wearing (d) worn
35. 35.___ my cousins write a letter in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
36. 36.___ my sister sing a song last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
37. 37.My sister ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeded
38. 38.Aarav did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
39. 39.Pooja did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brought (d) brings
40. 40.She ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runs (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran

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