Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 306 · 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 cousins did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) drank (d) drinking
2. 2.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throwing (d) thrown
3. 3.___ they fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.___ we ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
5. 5.We ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) wash (b) will wash (c) washed (d) have washed
6. 6.___ my sister plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
7. 7.Tara did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) wins (b) won (c) winning (d) win
8. 8.They did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) planted
9. 9.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
10. 10.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
11. 11.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
12. 12.___ we speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
13. 13.___ I catch the ball yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.___ my brother fly a kite last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
15. 15.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) took (d) taking
16. 16.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) worn (d) weared
17. 17.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
18. 18.You did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clap
19. 19.You did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) help (b) helps (c) helping (d) helped
20. 20.I did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch
21. 21.My brother ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) has baked (d) baked
22. 22.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinking
23. 23.___ she plant a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
24. 24.My sister ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) has washed (c) washed (d) will wash
25. 25.___ Vivaan watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.___ my sister climb a tree in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
27. 27.He did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eat (d) eating
28. 28.___ my brother write a letter in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
29. 29.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
30. 30.I did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watched (d) watch
31. 31.My sister ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feeds
32. 32.He did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sent (b) sends (c) send (d) sending
33. 33.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimmed
34. 34.We ___ the match last Sunday. (a) win (b) will win (c) won (d) winned
35. 35.Aarav ___ the room yesterday. (a) has cleaned (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) cleans
36. 36.___ Isha wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
37. 37.I did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
38. 38.I ___ tea last week. (a) maked (b) will make (c) make (d) made
39. 39.Ananya ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) has cleaned (d) will clean
40. 40.Aisha did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaking

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