Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 33 · 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.You ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) will tell (c) telled (d) tell
2. 2.You ___ a kite in 2023. (a) will fly (b) fly (c) flew (d) flyed
3. 3.___ Arjun go to school last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.She ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) has cleaned
5. 5.___ they bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
6. 6.___ you send a message in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
7. 7.You did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
8. 8.Yash did not ___ the match last week. (a) winning (b) won (c) wins (d) win
9. 9.We ___ in the pool last week. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swim
10. 10.My sister ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dances (b) will dance (c) has danced (d) danced
11. 11.Ananya ___ the train yesterday. (a) taked (b) will take (c) took (d) takes
12. 12.Kabir ___ a song two days ago. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) has sung (d) sings
13. 13.I ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wore
14. 14.She ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will climb (b) has climbed (c) climbs (d) climbed
15. 15.___ I write a letter yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
16. 16.We did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eating (d) eats
17. 17.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drunk
18. 18.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) rided (d) riding
19. 19.You did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carries (d) carry
20. 20.We did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
21. 21.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
22. 22.My brother did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) bought
23. 23.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
24. 24.They ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
25. 25.___ you win the match yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
26. 26.My cousins ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drinked (b) will drink (c) drink (d) drank
27. 27.My cousins ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swim (d) swimmed
28. 28.She did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooking
29. 29.___ my friends make tea last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
30. 30.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) will plant (d) have planted
31. 31.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
32. 32.___ I jog in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
33. 33.I did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jog
34. 34.My brother did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) running (c) ran (d) runs
35. 35.She ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) eats (d) eated
36. 36.My sister did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swam (d) swims
37. 37.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) writing (d) written
38. 38.Riya did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) danced
39. 39.The children ___ the bag two days ago. (a) have carried (b) carry (c) will carry (d) carried
40. 40.My brother did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carry (d) carrying

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