Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 189 · 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 brother did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) planted
2. 2.She did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drinks
3. 3.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
4. 4.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
5. 5.___ my brother watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
6. 6.She ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) sang (c) will sing (d) has sung
7. 7.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eating
8. 8.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) weared (d) wore
9. 9.___ Aarav dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
10. 10.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) run (d) runned
11. 11.My cousins ___ in the pool last week. (a) will swim (b) swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
12. 12.___ you play cricket last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
13. 13.They did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) helping (c) helped (d) help
14. 14.Diya did not ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) wrote
15. 15.___ Kabir fly a kite two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
16. 16.I did not ___ a message last week. (a) send (b) sends (c) sending (d) sent
17. 17.___ you buy vegetables last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinking
19. 19.He did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) riding (c) rides (d) ride
20. 20.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) taken (d) took
21. 21.My brother ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) will carry (c) has carried (d) carried
22. 22.My sister did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) drew (c) draws (d) drawing
23. 23.___ you clap for the team two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
24. 24.___ I carry the bag last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.You did not ___ the train last week. (a) takes (b) took (c) take (d) taking
26. 26.___ she dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
27. 27.Omkar did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wears (b) wearing (c) wear (d) wore
28. 28.My cousins ___ milk last week. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drink (d) drank
29. 29.I did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) build (b) builds (c) built (d) building
30. 30.My sister ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throwed (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throws
31. 31.We ___ in the park two days ago. (a) have jogged (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) jog
32. 32.___ I dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.My sister ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) carries (c) has carried (d) carried
34. 34.They ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
35. 35.___ he take the train in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
36. 36.You ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will run (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
37. 37.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) will plant (c) planted (d) have planted
38. 38.He did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) carried
39. 39.I ___ a story yesterday. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) told (d) telled
40. 40.My brother ___ the train yesterday. (a) will take (b) takes (c) took (d) taked

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