Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 296 · 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.Omkar did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writing (b) wrote (c) write (d) writes
2. 2.I did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buying (d) buy
3. 3.The children ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) have planted (c) plant (d) will plant
4. 4.My brother did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) sang (c) sing (d) singing
5. 5.Kavya did not ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writes
6. 6.My sister ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) has cleaned (d) cleans
7. 7.You did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) building (b) built (c) builds (d) build
8. 8.She did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) running (b) runs (c) ran (d) run
9. 9.Kabir did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) wrote
10. 10.She did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throws
11. 11.___ she fly a kite yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
13. 13.___ she ride a bicycle last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.My friends ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) wrote (c) will write (d) writed
15. 15.They ___ Grandma last week. (a) have helped (b) helped (c) will help (d) help
16. 16.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
17. 17.My parents ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catched (c) will catch (d) catch
18. 18.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) threw (d) thrown
19. 19.___ we bake a cake last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
20. 20.___ Dev draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.I did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) wrote
22. 22.They did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wear (d) wears
23. 23.___ you bake a cake in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wore (d) wearing
25. 25.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
26. 26.Pooja ___ the match in 2023. (a) wins (b) will win (c) won (d) winned
27. 27.___ I bake a cake in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
28. 28.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawing (c) drawed (d) drawn
29. 29.___ we run in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.My parents ___ the room in 2023. (a) have cleaned (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) clean
31. 31.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
32. 32.He did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studying (b) studies (c) studied (d) study
33. 33.I did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) bring (d) brought
34. 34.Nisha ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) has carried (c) carries (d) will carry
35. 35.My sister ___ the train yesterday. (a) taked (b) took (c) takes (d) will take
36. 36.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
37. 37.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) jog (c) jogged (d) will jog
38. 38.___ she build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
39. 39.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swimming
40. 40.My friends ___ a message last Sunday. (a) send (b) sended (c) sent (d) will send

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