Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 263 · 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 throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.___ my friends throw the ball last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
3. 3.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
4. 4.Manav did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sending (b) sends (c) sent (d) send
5. 5.They ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catch (b) catched (c) caught (d) will catch
6. 6.He ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throwed (c) will throw (d) throws
7. 7.I ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) help (b) have helped (c) helped (d) will help
8. 8.He ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rided (b) will ride (c) rides (d) rode
9. 9.You ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaked (b) speak (c) spoke (d) will speak
10. 10.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) running (d) run
11. 11.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) speaking
12. 12.You ___ the bag last week. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) carry (d) have carried
13. 13.We ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watch
14. 14.She ___ a story yesterday. (a) telled (b) tells (c) told (d) will tell
15. 15.He did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
16. 16.You ___ a story yesterday. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) tell (d) told
17. 17.___ they sing a song two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
18. 18.___ Arjun write a letter two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
19. 19.They ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) wash (c) will wash (d) have washed
20. 20.My sister ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flyed (b) will fly (c) flies (d) flew
21. 21.You ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) have played (c) played (d) will play
22. 22.She ___ the dog yesterday. (a) will feed (b) feeded (c) feeds (d) fed
23. 23.___ my brother build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
24. 24.___ she go to school yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.I ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) cook
26. 26.They did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleaned
27. 27.___ you send a message in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
28. 28.Vivaan did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
29. 29.Nisha did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) caught
30. 30.We did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climbed (d) climb
31. 31.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
32. 32.I ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flyed (b) fly (c) flew (d) will fly
33. 33.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eated
34. 34.___ she cook rice last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
35. 35.Aarav did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) draws (c) draw (d) drawing
36. 36.We ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
37. 37.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
38. 38.We ___ the train two days ago. (a) take (b) took (c) will take (d) taked
39. 39.___ you study science two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wearing (d) wore

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