Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 312 · 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 brother did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sings (d) sing
2. 2.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swimmed
4. 4.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawn
5. 5.They ___ the dog two days ago. (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feed (d) will feed
6. 6.They did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
7. 7.You did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
8. 8.I did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) send (b) sent (c) sending (d) sends
9. 9.The children ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) plant (c) have planted (d) planted
10. 10.She did not ___ a cake last week. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) baked
11. 11.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throwed (d) thrown
12. 12.The students did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flying (d) flew
13. 13.Arjun ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) plants (c) has planted (d) will plant
14. 14.We did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sending (b) sends (c) send (d) sent
15. 15.I did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bring (d) brings
16. 16.___ you clap for the team in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
17. 17.___ Myra drink milk two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) took (d) taken
19. 19.He ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sended (b) will send (c) sent (d) sends
20. 20.Arjun did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) swam
21. 21.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
22. 22.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
23. 23.___ you carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
24. 24.My sister did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
25. 25.My sister did not ___ the match last week. (a) wins (b) won (c) win (d) winning
26. 26.___ he wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
27. 27.___ you tell a story two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
28. 28.He did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swim (d) swam
29. 29.She did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
30. 30.He did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dances
31. 31.We did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) ate (b) eating (c) eat (d) eats
32. 32.___ she wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.___ you run in the park yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
34. 34.___ Karan throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
35. 35.I did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) makes (c) make (d) making
36. 36.My brother ___ science two days ago. (a) has studied (b) studies (c) studied (d) will study
37. 37.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
38. 38.___ she play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
39. 39.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wore (d) wearing
40. 40.The children ___ a song yesterday. (a) sing (b) have sung (c) sang (d) will sing

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