Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 294 · 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.He did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) planted
2. 2.We ___ lunch in 2023. (a) will bring (b) bringed (c) bring (d) brought
3. 3.You ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) will watch
4. 4.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swimmed
5. 5.___ you carry the bag yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
6. 6.I ___ lunch last week. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bring (d) will bring
7. 7.Rahul did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinking (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drank
8. 8.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
9. 9.Riya ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) has played (b) played (c) plays (d) will play
10. 10.___ you run in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
11. 11.He did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
12. 12.We ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) will cook
13. 13.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rode (d) rided
14. 14.I did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
15. 15.You did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drew (b) draws (c) draw (d) drawing
16. 16.___ they buy vegetables last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
17. 17.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) will play (d) have played
18. 18.My sister ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaks (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) will speak
19. 19.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eating (d) eated
20. 20.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking
21. 21.___ Rohan watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
22. 22.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
23. 23.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
24. 24.___ he watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.___ the students watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
27. 27.She did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) going (b) went (c) go (d) goes
28. 28.We ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) writed (d) write
29. 29.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawn (c) drew (d) drawed
30. 30.___ Rahul drink milk last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
31. 31.They did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) telling (b) told (c) tells (d) tell
32. 32.Kabir did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clapped (d) clap
33. 33.They ___ Grandma last week. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) help (d) helped
34. 34.He did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooked (d) cooking
35. 35.I did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
36. 36.___ you throw the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
37. 37.___ she fly a kite last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
38. 38.They did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taking (b) take (c) takes (d) took
39. 39.They did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
40. 40.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) worn (d) weared

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