Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 23 · 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.We did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eats (b) eating (c) ate (d) eat
2. 2.I ___ a story two days ago. (a) telled (b) told (c) tell (d) will tell
3. 3.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) speaking
4. 4.You did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helps (b) helped (c) help (d) helping
5. 5.Saanvi ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feeded (c) will feed (d) feeds
6. 6.My brother ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watches (d) has watched
7. 7.She did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) took
8. 8.___ Ishaan send a message last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
9. 9.My brother ___ the train last Sunday. (a) took (b) will take (c) taked (d) takes
10. 10.We ___ a tree yesterday. (a) have planted (b) planted (c) plant (d) will plant
11. 11.He ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drew (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) draws
12. 12.I ___ the match two days ago. (a) winned (b) won (c) will win (d) win
13. 13.My cousins did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) rode
14. 14.___ he watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
15. 15.Priya ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swims
16. 16.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taking (c) taken (d) taked
17. 17.___ I tell a story in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.___ he run in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
19. 19.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) weared (c) worn (d) wearing
20. 20.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
21. 21.Yash did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
22. 22.___ my brother throw the ball two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
23. 23.Isha did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) made (b) make (c) making (d) makes
24. 24.___ Ananya wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
25. 25.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
26. 26.___ he cook rice in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
27. 27.You did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
28. 28.Farhan did not ___ the train last week. (a) took (b) takes (c) taking (d) take
29. 29.___ you bring lunch last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
30. 30.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
31. 31.___ my cousins win the match last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
32. 32.___ I wear a cap in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
33. 33.We did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
34. 34.Aarav did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flew (d) flying
35. 35.___ my sister run in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
36. 36.You ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runned (b) run (c) ran (d) will run
37. 37.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwing
38. 38.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
39. 39.We did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catching
40. 40.I ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clap (b) will clap (c) have clapped (d) clapped

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