Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 188 · 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.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) ran (d) running
2. 2.___ you bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
3. 3.They did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) playing (c) played (d) play
4. 4.Neel did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) wrote
5. 5.You did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) caught
6. 6.Dev ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buyed (b) buys (c) bought (d) will buy
7. 7.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
8. 8.They did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) winning (b) won (c) win (d) wins
9. 9.___ Ishaan dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
10. 10.Rohan did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) wearing (c) wear (d) wore
11. 11.Aarav ___ in the park in 2023. (a) has jogged (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) jogs
12. 12.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flown (c) flyed (d) flying
13. 13.They did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watching (b) watched (c) watch (d) watches
14. 14.I did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
15. 15.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eated
16. 16.___ he wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.___ he draw a picture last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throwing
19. 19.He ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catched (d) will catch
20. 20.___ I draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
21. 21.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) taken (d) took
22. 22.She did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) rode (c) riding (d) rides
23. 23.___ we speak Hindi last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
24. 24.We ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) carry (d) have carried
25. 25.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
26. 26.Karan ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) eated (c) will eat (d) eats
27. 27.___ he carry the bag two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.Rohan ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) will speak (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speaked
29. 29.I ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speak (b) will speak (c) spoke (d) speaked
30. 30.We did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) ran (b) running (c) runs (d) run
31. 31.___ she draw a picture two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
32. 32.He did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plant (b) planting (c) planted (d) plants
33. 33.___ we wash the dishes last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
34. 34.My parents ___ Grandma last week. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) helped (d) help
35. 35.You did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogs
36. 36.___ Kunal bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
37. 37.We did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) winning (b) wins (c) won (d) win
38. 38.My friends ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buyed (b) buy (c) bought (d) will buy
39. 39.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
40. 40.I ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) will build (b) built (c) build (d) builded

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