Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 229 · 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 did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) running (b) ran (c) run (d) runs
2. 2.___ you run in the park last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
3. 3.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
4. 4.They ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) caught (c) catched (d) will catch
5. 5.The students did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) climbing (d) climb
6. 6.You ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) have helped (c) will help (d) help
7. 7.Zoya did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) flying (c) flies (d) fly
8. 8.We did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) fed
9. 9.___ my friends help Grandma in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
10. 10.He did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
11. 11.___ Manav wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.___ you ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
13. 13.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eating (d) eated
14. 14.Yash did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) cleaning
15. 15.She did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch (d) watching
16. 16.___ Nisha help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.Dev ___ a cake last week. (a) has baked (b) baked (c) will bake (d) bakes
18. 18.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
19. 19.___ they eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
20. 20.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
21. 21.___ we jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
22. 22.He did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) riding (b) rides (c) rode (d) ride
23. 23.Rohan ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) took (c) takes (d) will take
24. 24.My sister ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throws (b) throwed (c) threw (d) will throw
25. 25.I did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helps (c) helped (d) helping
26. 26.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writed (d) written
27. 27.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
28. 28.We did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) bought
29. 29.Rohan ___ the dog two days ago. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feeded
30. 30.___ the students tell a story yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
31. 31.He ___ lunch in 2023. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) brings (d) bringed
32. 32.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
33. 33.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawed
34. 34.He ___ a cartoon last week. (a) has watched (b) watched (c) watches (d) will watch
35. 35.I did not ___ a song last week. (a) sing (b) sang (c) singing (d) sings
36. 36.I ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) have cleaned
37. 37.___ Karan buy vegetables last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.They did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plant (b) planted (c) planting (d) plants
39. 39.You ___ a letter in 2023. (a) write (b) will write (c) writed (d) wrote
40. 40.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swimmed

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