Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 258 · 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 go to school yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
2. 2.___ we swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
4. 4.They ___ cricket in 2023. (a) will play (b) played (c) play (d) have played
5. 5.We did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) took (b) takes (c) take (d) taking
6. 6.___ the children plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
7. 7.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
8. 8.We ___ the ball in 2023. (a) caught (b) will catch (c) catched (d) catch
9. 9.She did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
10. 10.You ___ a story last week. (a) telled (b) told (c) tell (d) will tell
11. 11.___ Nisha bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
12. 12.___ I drink milk two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.___ they plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
14. 14.___ she help Grandma last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
16. 16.I did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writes (d) writing
17. 17.___ we bring lunch two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
18. 18.___ the students throw the ball two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
19. 19.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
20. 20.___ you bring lunch last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
21. 21.He ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builds (b) built (c) builded (d) will build
22. 22.You did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draw (b) drew (c) drawing (d) draws
23. 23.I did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding (d) fed
24. 24.She ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) feeds (c) will feed (d) fed
25. 25.___ we win the match last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
26. 26.Pooja ___ the train last week. (a) taked (b) will take (c) takes (d) took
27. 27.My parents ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) plant (d) have planted
28. 28.They did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
29. 29.You ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) ride (b) rode (c) rided (d) will ride
30. 30.You did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
31. 31.The children did not ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) bought
32. 32.We ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cooked (d) cook
33. 33.___ they clean the room yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.___ he eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
35. 35.___ my parents send a message two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
36. 36.He did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
37. 37.She ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) studied (c) will study (d) has studied
38. 38.You ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) study (c) will study (d) have studied
39. 39.We ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builded (b) built (c) will build (d) build
40. 40.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) run (d) runned

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