Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 148 · 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.You did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cook
2. 2.___ they clean the room in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
3. 3.You ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) builded (c) will build (d) build
4. 4.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
5. 5.My brother did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) threw
6. 6.He did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) write (c) wrote (d) writing
7. 7.I did not ___ the dog last week. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feed (d) feeds
8. 8.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throwed
9. 9.They ___ milk in 2023. (a) drank (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drink
10. 10.Aarav ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washed
11. 11.___ I dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
12. 12.___ she clean the room in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.He ___ cricket two days ago. (a) will play (b) played (c) plays (d) has played
14. 14.My friends ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cooked (d) cook
15. 15.Omkar did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) help (b) helped (c) helping (d) helps
16. 16.My sister did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draw
17. 17.Omkar did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbed
18. 18.My parents did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) speak (d) spoke
19. 19.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
20. 20.My brother ___ a song two days ago. (a) sings (b) has sung (c) will sing (d) sang
21. 21.You did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) baked (d) bake
22. 22.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drinking
23. 23.Dev ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will climb (b) climbs (c) has climbed (d) climbed
24. 24.My parents ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sing (d) sang
25. 25.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taked (d) taken
26. 26.You ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) wash (b) have washed (c) washed (d) will wash
27. 27.My sister did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) ran
28. 28.Neel did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
29. 29.I ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) fly (d) flew
30. 30.___ I run in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
31. 31.___ we sing a song in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
32. 32.___ my sister watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.He ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched
34. 34.You did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
35. 35.Diya did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sings (d) sing
36. 36.You ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bring (b) will bring (c) bringed (d) brought
37. 37.___ we sing a song last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.Diya ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) has watched (b) will watch (c) watches (d) watched
39. 39.I did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat
40. 40.She ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran

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