Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 170 · 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.___ we make tea last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
2. 2.My brother ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) will help (b) helped (c) has helped (d) helps
3. 3.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
4. 4.___ he climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
5. 5.Sneha did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch (d) watched
6. 6.My friends ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) will play (c) have played (d) play
7. 7.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
8. 8.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) jog (c) will jog (d) jogged
9. 9.I ___ the ball two days ago. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) throw
10. 10.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) goed (d) going
11. 11.We ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) will play (c) play (d) have played
12. 12.You ___ tea last week. (a) maked (b) made (c) make (d) will make
13. 13.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swimming
14. 14.You did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buys (d) buying
15. 15.Farhan did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baking (b) baked (c) bakes (d) bake
16. 16.___ he speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) rode (c) ridden (d) riding
18. 18.My brother did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) drew (d) draws
19. 19.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
20. 20.Diya ___ the train last week. (a) took (b) takes (c) taked (d) will take
21. 21.She did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) danced
22. 22.My brother ___ milk last week. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) will drink (d) drinked
23. 23.He ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) will bake (d) has baked
24. 24.___ the students eat a mango yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.___ Kavya climb a tree last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
26. 26.Yash ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) writes (c) will write (d) writed
27. 27.I did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) planted
28. 28.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) running
29. 29.Riya ___ a tree last week. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) will climb (d) has climbed
30. 30.We ___ cricket in 2023. (a) have played (b) play (c) will play (d) played
31. 31.Arjun ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooks (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) will cook
32. 32.They ___ a story in 2023. (a) told (b) telled (c) will tell (d) tell
33. 33.He did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) go (b) goes (c) going (d) went
34. 34.My friends did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clapped (d) clap
35. 35.The students ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) dance (d) have danced
36. 36.___ they wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
37. 37.___ he make tea last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
38. 38.Sneha ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) winned (c) will win (d) won
39. 39.My sister did not ___ the match last week. (a) won (b) winning (c) win (d) wins
40. 40.___ they cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was

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