Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 329 · 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.I did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washing (b) washes (c) washed (d) wash
2. 2.Ira ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) will bake (d) has baked
3. 3.We did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brought
4. 4.My brother did not ___ a story last week. (a) telling (b) tells (c) tell (d) told
5. 5.I ___ the train in 2023. (a) will take (b) take (c) taked (d) took
6. 6.I did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
7. 7.___ the children bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
8. 8.___ they help Grandma last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
9. 9.___ I help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.___ my brother dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
11. 11.I did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) makes (b) making (c) made (d) make
12. 12.___ she plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.I ___ the match last week. (a) win (b) winned (c) will win (d) won
14. 14.He ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has climbed (b) climbed (c) will climb (d) climbs
15. 15.He ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) will climb (d) has climbed
16. 16.___ they take the train yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
17. 17.___ she speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.She did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
19. 19.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) ran (d) run
20. 20.___ my sister catch the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.___ Priya speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) went (d) going
23. 23.___ I clean the room in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
24. 24.___ Yash bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
25. 25.The students did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) clapped (d) claps
26. 26.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawed (d) drawn
27. 27.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
28. 28.___ Isha watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
29. 29.Rohan ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) has planted
30. 30.I did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washed (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
31. 31.___ I bake a cake yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
32. 32.___ you run in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
33. 33.___ the children plant a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.You ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) write (c) writed (d) wrote
35. 35.___ she plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.Aarav ___ to school in 2023. (a) goes (b) will go (c) went (d) goed
37. 37.You did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catch (d) catching
38. 38.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flew
39. 39.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
40. 40.___ they win the match two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do

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