Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 15 · 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 cousins did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
2. 2.___ I play cricket last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
3. 3.Dev ___ rice last Sunday. (a) has cooked (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) will cook
4. 4.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) running (d) ran
5. 5.Zoya ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) has danced (b) will dance (c) dances (d) danced
6. 6.Ishaan did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) climbing
7. 7.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eated (d) eaten
8. 8.___ I dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaked
10. 10.He ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) catches (d) caught
11. 11.You ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) will clap (b) have clapped (c) clapped (d) clap
12. 12.He ___ a song in 2023. (a) sings (b) will sing (c) sang (d) has sung
13. 13.___ he swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flown (c) flyed (d) flying
15. 15.They ___ a story yesterday. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
16. 16.He did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) planted (c) planting (d) plants
17. 17.The students ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watched
18. 18.My brother did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) played
19. 19.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawed (d) drawing
20. 20.___ we make tea last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.He did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) ran
22. 22.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
23. 23.___ we draw a picture in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
24. 24.I ___ science last Sunday. (a) will study (b) have studied (c) study (d) studied
25. 25.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
26. 26.They ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clap (b) will clap (c) have clapped (d) clapped
27. 27.___ I plant a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
28. 28.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) will jog (c) jog (d) jogged
29. 29.Riya ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will jog (b) jogs (c) has jogged (d) jogged
30. 30.She ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) carried (c) will carry (d) has carried
31. 31.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wore (c) wearing (d) weared
32. 32.They did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) building (c) builds (d) build
33. 33.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
34. 34.You ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) wash (c) have washed (d) will wash
35. 35.___ my brother draw a picture in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
36. 36.Isha ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swims
37. 37.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
38. 38.I did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washing (d) washed
39. 39.I ___ the room yesterday. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) cleaned
40. 40.My sister did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brings (b) brought (c) bringing (d) bring

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