Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 25 · 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 ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dances (d) dance
2. 2.My cousins ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will run (b) ran (c) run (d) runned
3. 3.___ Neel feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.My friends did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
5. 5.The children ___ a kite last week. (a) fly (b) flew (c) flyed (d) will fly
6. 6.My parents did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) send (b) sending (c) sent (d) sends
7. 7.___ they wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
8. 8.I ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) maked (c) make (d) made
9. 9.Omkar did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throw (d) throws
10. 10.___ she feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
11. 11.I did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tells (b) telling (c) told (d) tell
12. 12.___ Kavya send a message last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
13. 13.They did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swam
14. 14.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) wore (d) weared
15. 15.My sister ___ a tree in 2023. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) plants (d) has planted
16. 16.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
17. 17.My brother did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clap (d) clapping
18. 18.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
19. 19.We ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) will bring
20. 20.We did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) write (c) writes (d) writing
21. 21.They ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) will plant (c) have planted (d) planted
22. 22.My sister ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writes (d) will write
23. 23.I did not ___ in the park last week. (a) running (b) runs (c) run (d) ran
24. 24.We ___ in the park last week. (a) will run (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
25. 25.I ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wore (b) wear (c) will wear (d) weared
26. 26.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eating (d) eaten
27. 27.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flew (d) flyed
28. 28.___ she clean the room yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
29. 29.They did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) jog
30. 30.___ Omkar run in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
31. 31.___ we wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
32. 32.___ my friends go to school in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
34. 34.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) threw
35. 35.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drinked
36. 36.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
37. 37.I did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) takes (b) took (c) take (d) taking
38. 38.Karan ___ a message yesterday. (a) will send (b) sended (c) sends (d) sent
39. 39.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) goed (d) went
40. 40.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drew

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