Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 272 · 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.The children ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) will write (c) wrote (d) writed
2. 2.The students did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) bought
3. 3.___ Kunal climb a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.They did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) danced (d) dance
5. 5.My brother ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) will bake (d) has baked
6. 6.___ Yash help Grandma last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.___ Aarav send a message last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
8. 8.He ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) has watched (c) watches (d) will watch
9. 9.She did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planting (b) plant (c) plants (d) planted
10. 10.Farhan ___ science in 2023. (a) studies (b) will study (c) studied (d) has studied
11. 11.You ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) runned (c) will run (d) ran
12. 12.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
13. 13.___ they draw a picture last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
14. 14.You ___ the match last week. (a) will win (b) win (c) won (d) winned
15. 15.___ they help Grandma two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
16. 16.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
17. 17.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinked
18. 18.He ___ a song two days ago. (a) will sing (b) has sung (c) sings (d) sang
19. 19.She did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) fed
20. 20.You did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaking
21. 21.She did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) built
22. 22.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
23. 23.We ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eat (b) will eat (c) eated (d) ate
24. 24.Kabir did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) fed (d) feeding
25. 25.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) speaking
26. 26.I did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dance
27. 27.My sister did not ___ lunch last week. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
28. 28.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) throwed (d) threw
29. 29.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) rode (d) ridden
30. 30.My parents did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dance (b) danced (c) dances (d) dancing
31. 31.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
32. 32.She did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) helping (c) help (d) helps
33. 33.You did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
34. 34.We did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) cleans
35. 35.___ she fly a kite two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
36. 36.___ you catch the ball yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
37. 37.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
38. 38.___ I sing a song last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
39. 39.You ___ rice last Sunday. (a) will cook (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked
40. 40.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) written (d) wrote

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