Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 191 · 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 “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) went (d) going
2. 2.You ___ a song last Sunday. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) sing (d) have sung
3. 3.They ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swimmed (d) will swim
4. 4.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) riding (c) rided (d) ridden
5. 5.He did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinking (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drank
6. 6.My brother ___ a mango yesterday. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eated (d) eats
7. 7.___ they help Grandma in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
8. 8.Vivaan did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jog
9. 9.We did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
10. 10.___ the students bake a cake yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
11. 11.My friends ___ tea in 2023. (a) make (b) will make (c) maked (d) made
12. 12.He did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bring (d) brings
13. 13.Kabir did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drank
14. 14.My sister did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) claps (d) clap
15. 15.We did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eat (d) eating
16. 16.My cousins ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eat (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eated
17. 17.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
18. 18.My sister ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) washed (d) has washed
19. 19.___ my brother draw a picture two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
20. 20.My friends ___ vegetables last week. (a) buy (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buyed
21. 21.___ Aarav help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
22. 22.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
23. 23.___ my friends buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
24. 24.___ Meera buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
25. 25.My brother did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cook
26. 26.You did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buying (b) buy (c) bought (d) buys
27. 27.We ___ rice two days ago. (a) have cooked (b) cooked (c) cook (d) will cook
28. 28.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flown
29. 29.___ Diya clean the room yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
30. 30.They ___ a song in 2023. (a) sing (b) have sung (c) sang (d) will sing
31. 31.Isha did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
32. 32.Dev ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) writes (d) writed
33. 33.___ my cousins throw the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
34. 34.My friends did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) planted
35. 35.___ you wear a cap in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
36. 36.My brother ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) has cooked (d) will cook
37. 37.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) worn (d) weared
38. 38.___ we drink milk last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.___ she speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
40. 40.Dev ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eated (c) eats (d) will eat

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