Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 291 · 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.My sister did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
2. 2.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
3. 3.My brother did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) taking (c) took (d) takes
4. 4.He ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) studied (c) has studied (d) studies
5. 5.You did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watching (b) watched (c) watch (d) watches
6. 6.They did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washed (d) washes
7. 7.Aisha ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carries (c) has carried (d) will carry
8. 8.The students ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bringed (b) will bring (c) bring (d) brought
9. 9.We did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cook
10. 10.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) thrown (c) throwed (d) throwing
11. 11.___ Kavya tell a story last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
12. 12.The children did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rides (b) riding (c) rode (d) ride
13. 13.You ___ the bag yesterday. (a) have carried (b) carry (c) will carry (d) carried
14. 14.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) wrote (d) writed
15. 15.___ Omkar go to school last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
16. 16.I did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eating (d) eat
17. 17.Omkar ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watches (d) has watched
18. 18.She ___ the dog two days ago. (a) will feed (b) feeds (c) feeded (d) fed
19. 19.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) spoken
20. 20.You did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) make (b) made (c) makes (d) making
21. 21.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drunk
22. 22.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) riding (d) rided
23. 23.She did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) ran (c) runs (d) running
24. 24.___ Karan drink milk last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
25. 25.___ my brother sing a song yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
26. 26.___ the students write a letter yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
27. 27.You did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
28. 28.She did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) won (b) wins (c) winning (d) win
29. 29.We did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climb (b) climbed (c) climbing (d) climbs
30. 30.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) goed (d) went
31. 31.I ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) help (b) helped (c) have helped (d) will help
32. 32.___ they fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.My sister did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
34. 34.The students ___ tea yesterday. (a) maked (b) will make (c) made (d) make
35. 35.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
36. 36.You ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catched (b) catch (c) will catch (d) caught
37. 37.___ Yash climb a tree in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
38. 38.___ Meera bring lunch two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
39. 39.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawed
40. 40.We did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) watched

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