Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 266 · 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 ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flew (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
2. 2.We did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buys (b) buy (c) buying (d) bought
3. 3.He did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) taking (c) took (d) takes
4. 4.The children ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will run (b) run (c) ran (d) runned
5. 5.We did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
6. 6.He ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) will speak
7. 7.My brother did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) took (b) take (c) takes (d) taking
8. 8.He ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) tells (c) telled (d) will tell
9. 9.You ___ in the park yesterday. (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) will run
10. 10.Kabir ___ science last Sunday. (a) has studied (b) studies (c) studied (d) will study
11. 11.___ you send a message last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.___ Arjun send a message in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
13. 13.My parents did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) clapped (d) clap
14. 14.___ they speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
15. 15.He ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) has watched (b) watches (c) will watch (d) watched
16. 16.The students ___ a cake two days ago. (a) will bake (b) bake (c) have baked (d) baked
17. 17.My brother did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) brought
18. 18.Farhan ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
19. 19.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
20. 20.You ___ the room yesterday. (a) have cleaned (b) clean (c) will clean (d) cleaned
21. 21.She did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throws (d) throw
22. 22.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
23. 23.She ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) will help (c) has helped (d) helps
24. 24.___ she make tea last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
25. 25.We ___ for the team last week. (a) clapped (b) will clap (c) have clapped (d) clap
26. 26.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) worn (d) weared
27. 27.We did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carried (d) carries
28. 28.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
29. 29.We did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) won (c) win (d) winning
30. 30.I did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) jog
31. 31.You did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) build (c) building (d) builds
32. 32.My brother ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) has jogged (c) jogged (d) jogs
33. 33.___ Kabir drink milk in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.Arjun ___ a kite yesterday. (a) will fly (b) flies (c) flyed (d) flew
35. 35.We ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feed (b) feeded (c) will feed (d) fed
36. 36.You did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) climbing (d) climb
37. 37.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) run (c) runned (d) running
38. 38.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) eaten (d) ate
39. 39.She did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dances (d) dance
40. 40.___ my sister take the train two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do

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