Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 163 · 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.___ she throw the ball last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
2. 2.He did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) wins (c) winning (d) win
3. 3.___ the children plant a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.Dev ___ cricket in 2023. (a) has played (b) played (c) plays (d) will play
5. 5.She did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaks
6. 6.We ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) will catch (b) catched (c) caught (d) catch
7. 7.We ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will climb (b) have climbed (c) climb (d) climbed
8. 8.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
9. 9.You did not ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
10. 10.___ Manav speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
11. 11.She ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) weared (c) wore (d) will wear
12. 12.I did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drink
13. 13.___ my brother send a message yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
14. 14.Aisha ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) telled (c) tells (d) will tell
15. 15.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
16. 16.My cousins ___ Hindi last week. (a) will speak (b) speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
17. 17.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
18. 18.They did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draw (b) drew (c) draws (d) drawing
19. 19.Kabir did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feed (d) feeding
20. 20.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
21. 21.___ Ishaan bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
22. 22.___ we catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.We ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rided (b) rode (c) ride (d) will ride
24. 24.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
25. 25.___ my parents bake a cake in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
26. 26.My sister ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eats
27. 27.We did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) made (b) making (c) make (d) makes
28. 28.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimming
29. 29.We ___ the bag last week. (a) have carried (b) will carry (c) carry (d) carried
30. 30.You ___ a tree last week. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) have planted (d) plant
31. 31.We ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) watch (d) have watched
32. 32.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) going (d) gone
33. 33.___ my sister cook rice last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
34. 34.___ he write a letter last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
35. 35.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
36. 36.Karan did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
37. 37.Ira ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) taked (c) took (d) will take
38. 38.You ___ for the team last week. (a) clap (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) have clapped
39. 39.My sister did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watched (d) watches
40. 40.___ Meera build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did

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