Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 226 · 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.Kavya ___ a tree yesterday. (a) has climbed (b) will climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
2. 2.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimming
3. 3.He did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catch (d) catches
4. 4.She did not ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sending (c) send (d) sent
5. 5.We did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) make (c) makes (d) making
6. 6.Sneha ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) brought (c) will bring (d) bringed
7. 7.My parents did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catch (b) caught (c) catches (d) catching
8. 8.___ you bring lunch in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
9. 9.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
10. 10.___ Aditya study science yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
11. 11.He did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
12. 12.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drunk
13. 13.___ she write a letter last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
14. 14.___ my friends win the match two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
15. 15.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
16. 16.___ you swim in the pool last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
17. 17.___ I help Grandma last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.Zoya ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) catches (d) caught
19. 19.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
20. 20.Rahul ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) will send (c) sended (d) sent
21. 21.Aisha ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) will speak (b) speaks (c) speaked (d) spoke
22. 22.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) ate (d) eaten
23. 23.We ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flyed (b) fly (c) will fly (d) flew
24. 24.___ you bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
25. 25.We ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bake (b) will bake (c) baked (d) have baked
26. 26.My friends did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
27. 27.Kavya ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) writed (d) will write
28. 28.___ the students make tea yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
29. 29.I did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) winning (b) wins (c) win (d) won
30. 30.Karan did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) sang
31. 31.___ Dev eat a mango two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
32. 32.My cousins ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) will catch (b) caught (c) catch (d) catched
33. 33.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
34. 34.He did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) jog
35. 35.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
36. 36.My sister ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) has danced (d) dances
37. 37.Priya ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) studies (c) will study (d) has studied
38. 38.Yash ___ the dog in 2023. (a) will feed (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feeded
39. 39.___ my sister jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
40. 40.The children ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) will wash (b) wash (c) washed (d) have washed

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