Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 2 · 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 plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
2. 2.___ they write a letter in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
3. 3.___ Ira help Grandma two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.My parents ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runned (b) ran (c) will run (d) run
5. 5.You ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eat (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eated
6. 6.She did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) builds (c) building (d) build
7. 7.I ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) send (c) sended (d) will send
8. 8.He ___ tea two days ago. (a) makes (b) made (c) maked (d) will make
9. 9.Rohan did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) built
10. 10.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
11. 11.We ___ tea last week. (a) will make (b) made (c) make (d) maked
12. 12.___ Ishaan clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
13. 13.___ we help Grandma two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
14. 14.He ___ the dog last week. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeded (d) will feed
15. 15.___ I play cricket last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) taked (d) took
17. 17.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wearing (d) wore
18. 18.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
19. 19.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
20. 20.He did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brings (b) bring (c) brought (d) bringing
21. 21.My sister ___ in the park last week. (a) will run (b) runs (c) runned (d) ran
22. 22.My cousins did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) won (c) winning (d) win
23. 23.He ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) draws (d) drew
24. 24.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eated (d) eating
25. 25.She ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buyed (b) buys (c) will buy (d) bought
26. 26.We did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) bought
27. 27.I did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bring (d) brings
28. 28.You ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) will study (c) have studied (d) study
29. 29.My brother did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) throw (c) throwing (d) threw
30. 30.Zoya did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) played (c) play (d) plays
31. 31.Omkar ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drinks (d) will drink
32. 32.___ she buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.Dev did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) take (b) took (c) taking (d) takes
34. 34.Rohan ___ science two days ago. (a) studies (b) has studied (c) will study (d) studied
35. 35.They ___ cricket in 2023. (a) have played (b) play (c) played (d) will play
36. 36.You ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) have played (b) played (c) will play (d) play
37. 37.I did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) wrote
38. 38.You did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bake (b) baked (c) baking (d) bakes
39. 39.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
40. 40.They did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wore (b) wearing (c) wear (d) wears

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