Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 254 · 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.___ they dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
2. 2.You ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) have played (c) played (d) will play
3. 3.My sister did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) winning (b) win (c) wins (d) won
4. 4.My brother ___ in the park last week. (a) has jogged (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) jogs
5. 5.Dev did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throws (b) throw (c) threw (d) throwing
6. 6.He did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbing (b) climbed (c) climb (d) climbs
7. 7.I did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jogs
8. 8.They ___ cricket two days ago. (a) will play (b) play (c) have played (d) played
9. 9.He ___ the train last week. (a) will take (b) taked (c) took (d) takes
10. 10.The children did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
11. 11.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinking
12. 12.___ the students dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
14. 14.___ we carry the bag two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.She did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) built
16. 16.___ he run in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
17. 17.We ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) carry (d) have carried
18. 18.___ we buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
19. 19.I did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carry
20. 20.Myra ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) plants (d) has planted
21. 21.We did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) study (c) studies (d) studying
22. 22.___ she send a message two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
23. 23.___ you feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
24. 24.I did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) buy (c) bought (d) buying
25. 25.My cousins ___ science last Sunday. (a) will study (b) study (c) have studied (d) studied
26. 26.___ Arjun draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
27. 27.They ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) will go (c) went (d) goed
28. 28.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
29. 29.___ we carry the bag last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
30. 30.___ she play cricket two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
31. 31.She ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writed (b) writes (c) will write (d) wrote
32. 32.My cousins ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) will run
33. 33.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
34. 34.Saanvi did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) clean
35. 35.___ my sister plant a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.She did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
37. 37.Ishaan ___ a kite last week. (a) flies (b) flew (c) will fly (d) flyed
38. 38.You did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) running (c) ran (d) runs
39. 39.You did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writes
40. 40.___ Priya drink milk two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was

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