Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 14 · 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 “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
2. 2.___ Kunal dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
3. 3.My sister did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
4. 4.She did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eats (b) eating (c) ate (d) eat
5. 5.My brother ___ a cap two days ago. (a) will wear (b) wore (c) wears (d) weared
6. 6.My brother ___ a message in 2023. (a) sends (b) will send (c) sent (d) sended
7. 7.___ Saanvi ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
8. 8.___ you fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.We did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
10. 10.I did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) write (d) writing
11. 11.My friends ___ a cake in 2023. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) bake (d) will bake
12. 12.___ he dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
13. 13.The children did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throws
14. 14.We ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writed (d) will write
15. 15.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
16. 16.We did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sings (b) sang (c) singing (d) sing
17. 17.The children did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) washed
18. 18.Zoya ___ science in 2023. (a) has studied (b) studies (c) studied (d) will study
19. 19.___ he eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
20. 20.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
21. 21.They did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) danced
22. 22.Neel ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched
23. 23.She ___ a song in 2023. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) has sung (d) sings
24. 24.___ the children carry the bag in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
25. 25.Kabir did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studied (c) studies (d) studying
26. 26.I did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) ran (b) runs (c) running (d) run
27. 27.Ananya did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planted (d) planting
28. 28.___ you buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
29. 29.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
30. 30.You ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) will wash (c) wash (d) have washed
31. 31.You ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speak (b) will speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
32. 32.___ she go to school last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
33. 33.___ you eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.She did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogging
35. 35.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flyed (d) flew
36. 36.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) ate (d) eaten
37. 37.___ my sister play cricket two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
38. 38.He ___ a message last week. (a) sended (b) will send (c) sent (d) sends
39. 39.She did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) goes (b) go (c) going (d) went
40. 40.Vivaan did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) clap

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