Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 326 · 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.___ she cook rice in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.Kabir did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watched (d) watches
3. 3.He did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
4. 4.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flown (d) flying
5. 5.We ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) will speak (b) speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
6. 6.We ___ a message two days ago. (a) will send (b) send (c) sended (d) sent
7. 7.Ira did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eating (b) eat (c) ate (d) eats
8. 8.I did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carried
9. 9.You did not ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sending (c) sent (d) send
10. 10.She did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) taking (c) took (d) takes
11. 11.He did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washed (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
12. 12.My brother ___ a mango yesterday. (a) will eat (b) eats (c) eated (d) ate
13. 13.I ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flyed (b) flew (c) fly (d) will fly
14. 14.My sister ___ a song two days ago. (a) will sing (b) sings (c) has sung (d) sang
15. 15.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) written (d) writing
16. 16.You ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) have danced (d) dance
17. 17.___ they catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.___ Arjun write a letter last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
19. 19.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
20. 20.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
21. 21.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
22. 22.My cousins ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) will speak (c) speaked (d) speak
23. 23.___ my brother buy vegetables last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
24. 24.He ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwed (b) throws (c) will throw (d) threw
25. 25.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) plant (d) have planted
26. 26.___ they wear a cap in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.Aarav ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) will wash (b) has washed (c) washed (d) washes
28. 28.___ they write a letter last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
29. 29.___ they bake a cake two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
30. 30.___ they clean the room last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
31. 31.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
32. 32.My cousins did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) clean
33. 33.We ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) ran (b) runned (c) will run (d) run
34. 34.My cousins did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
35. 35.My brother ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) has danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dances
36. 36.___ we fly a kite two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
37. 37.You ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climb (b) have climbed (c) will climb (d) climbed
38. 38.The students ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) will ride (b) rided (c) ride (d) rode
39. 39.He ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rides (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
40. 40.My sister ___ the match last week. (a) won (b) will win (c) wins (d) winned

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