Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 256 · 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 ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) has washed (c) washed (d) will wash
2. 2.I did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
3. 3.___ they eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
4. 4.___ you cook rice two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
5. 5.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flew (d) flown
6. 6.You did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleaning
7. 7.___ he drink milk last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
8. 8.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
9. 9.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eating
10. 10.We ___ on the stage last week. (a) will dance (b) dance (c) danced (d) have danced
11. 11.___ I cook rice two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
12. 12.___ Ishaan cook rice two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
13. 13.___ my sister play cricket yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.I ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) will play (b) play (c) have played (d) played
15. 15.She ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) makes (c) maked (d) made
16. 16.___ we wear a cap in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
17. 17.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swimming
18. 18.My cousins did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) played
19. 19.My parents did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buying (d) buy
20. 20.We did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throws (b) throw (c) throwing (d) threw
21. 21.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
22. 22.You did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planting (b) plants (c) planted (d) plant
23. 23.Diya ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eated (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eats
24. 24.You ___ rice last Sunday. (a) have cooked (b) cook (c) will cook (d) cooked
25. 25.The children ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) carried (d) have carried
26. 26.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
27. 27.___ Aisha tell a story yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.You did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
29. 29.He ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) has cooked
30. 30.I ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) rided (c) ride (d) will ride
31. 31.The children ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) write (d) will write
32. 32.We did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
33. 33.___ Priya tell a story yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
34. 34.We ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will climb (b) have climbed (c) climbed (d) climb
35. 35.They did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaking
36. 36.I ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wear (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wore
37. 37.Kavya ___ the room in 2023. (a) has cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) cleans
38. 38.My cousins did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
39. 39.You did not ___ cricket last week. (a) play (b) playing (c) plays (d) played
40. 40.They did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) spoke

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