Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 321 · 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.Neel did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planting (b) planted (c) plants (d) plant
2. 2.___ she plant a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
3. 3.We did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flew (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
4. 4.___ she feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
5. 5.My cousins ___ a message yesterday. (a) will send (b) send (c) sended (d) sent
6. 6.He did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
7. 7.My sister ___ a cake two days ago. (a) has baked (b) baked (c) will bake (d) bakes
8. 8.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
9. 9.He ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaked (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) will speak
10. 10.Kabir did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) wins (b) winning (c) won (d) win
11. 11.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) took (d) taking
12. 12.___ he dance on the stage last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
13. 13.Sneha did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
14. 14.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drew
15. 15.___ she swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
16. 16.___ my friends watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
17. 17.I did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) flying (c) flew (d) fly
18. 18.They did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) ride (b) rode (c) riding (d) rides
19. 19.My brother ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watches (c) will watch (d) has watched
20. 20.___ the children go to school last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
21. 21.I ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) will swim (b) swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
22. 22.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) rode (d) ridden
23. 23.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) thrown
24. 24.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
25. 25.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
26. 26.___ we study science last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
27. 27.___ my sister study science two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) wrote (d) writing
29. 29.Arjun did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eats (d) eat
30. 30.We ___ science last week. (a) have studied (b) will study (c) study (d) studied
31. 31.Diya ___ the ball two days ago. (a) will catch (b) catched (c) catches (d) caught
32. 32.___ we study science yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
33. 33.___ I feed the dog yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
34. 34.___ we watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
35. 35.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
36. 36.He ___ a picture two days ago. (a) will draw (b) draws (c) drawed (d) drew
37. 37.He ___ the dog last week. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feeded
38. 38.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flew
39. 39.He did not ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buying (b) buy (c) bought (d) buys
40. 40.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoke

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