Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 345 · 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.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taking (d) taken
2. 2.My brother did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched (d) watching
3. 3.___ you speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
4. 4.He ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) has carried (c) will carry (d) carried
5. 5.We did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) danced (d) dance
6. 6.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimmed
7. 7.We ___ a kite two days ago. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) will fly (d) flew
8. 8.My parents ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) play (c) will play (d) have played
9. 9.She ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) will buy (b) bought (c) buyed (d) buys
10. 10.My brother did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swim (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swims
11. 11.They ___ the room two days ago. (a) have cleaned (b) clean (c) will clean (d) cleaned
12. 12.___ she send a message last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
13. 13.You ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) build (c) builded (d) will build
14. 14.They did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throws (b) throw (c) threw (d) throwing
15. 15.Isha ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) will dance (b) has danced (c) danced (d) dances
16. 16.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drinking
17. 17.I ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builded (b) will build (c) build (d) built
18. 18.___ we plant a tree yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
19. 19.___ Sneha play cricket yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
20. 20.We did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) making (c) make (d) made
21. 21.I did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
22. 22.___ Nisha fly a kite yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.___ she tell a story last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
24. 24.Neel ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) has danced (d) dances
25. 25.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
26. 26.My brother ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) will tell (c) telled (d) tells
27. 27.She did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swim (b) swam (c) swims (d) swimming
28. 28.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
29. 29.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) written (d) wrote
30. 30.Aditya ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will climb (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) has climbed
31. 31.Dev did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinking (d) drinks
32. 32.I did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
33. 33.___ you drink milk in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
34. 34.___ my brother eat a mango yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
35. 35.___ Neel draw a picture in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.My cousins did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catches (b) catch (c) caught (d) catching
37. 37.___ she help Grandma last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
38. 38.I ___ a story yesterday. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) told (d) telled
39. 39.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
40. 40.I ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clapped (b) will clap (c) have clapped (d) clap

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