Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 161 · 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 watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
2. 2.I ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watch (d) have watched
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
4. 4.I did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
5. 5.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eating (d) eated
6. 6.We did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
7. 7.___ we catch the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
8. 8.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) worn (d) weared
9. 9.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drank
10. 10.___ Aditya go to school last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
11. 11.Manav ___ the ball two days ago. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) throws (d) threw
12. 12.___ I tell a story two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
13. 13.Isha ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) has climbed (d) will climb
14. 14.Priya ___ cricket two days ago. (a) has played (b) will play (c) plays (d) played
15. 15.___ my brother fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
16. 16.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
17. 17.Yash ___ to school in 2023. (a) went (b) goes (c) will go (d) goed
18. 18.He ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) has baked (d) will bake
19. 19.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) going (d) goed
20. 20.___ I swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
21. 21.I did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studies (c) studied (d) studying
22. 22.We ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) will wash (b) have washed (c) washed (d) wash
23. 23.I ___ lunch last week. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) bring
24. 24.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) wrote (d) writing
25. 25.He did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dance (d) dancing
26. 26.My brother ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) maked (c) made (d) makes
27. 27.Ananya did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throws (d) throw
28. 28.They ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) have washed (b) washed (c) wash (d) will wash
29. 29.My cousins ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throw (b) throwed (c) will throw (d) threw
30. 30.We ___ the ball in 2023. (a) will catch (b) catched (c) caught (d) catch
31. 31.My brother did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) takes (b) taking (c) took (d) take
32. 32.___ my brother help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.___ he plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
35. 35.___ we sing a song last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
36. 36.I ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) will bake (b) have baked (c) baked (d) bake
37. 37.The children did not ___ tea last week. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) made
38. 38.We did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
39. 39.My brother did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch (d) watching
40. 40.She ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bringed (b) will bring (c) brings (d) brought

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