Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 360 · 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.Arjun ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writes (b) will write (c) wrote (d) writed
2. 2.He ___ the room two days ago. (a) has cleaned (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) will clean
3. 3.I ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) draw (d) drew
4. 4.___ my sister help Grandma two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
5. 5.Neel ___ a mango last week. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eated (d) eats
6. 6.___ he swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
7. 7.I ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) have baked (c) baked (d) bake
8. 8.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) threw
9. 9.They ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
10. 10.___ she climb a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
11. 11.Arjun did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buying (b) buy (c) bought (d) buys
12. 12.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) wearing (d) weared
13. 13.My parents ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) have cooked (c) will cook (d) cook
14. 14.They did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throw (d) throwing
15. 15.___ Dev speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
16. 16.___ Karan swim in the pool last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
17. 17.My brother ___ a mango last week. (a) eats (b) eated (c) ate (d) will eat
18. 18.Ananya ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) cooks (c) has cooked (d) cooked
19. 19.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
20. 20.Aditya did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wear (d) wears
21. 21.They did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drink
22. 22.She did not ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) running (c) runs (d) run
23. 23.___ she throw the ball last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
24. 24.You did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) going (b) went (c) goes (d) go
25. 25.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drank
26. 26.___ you play cricket in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.My parents ___ the room in 2023. (a) have cleaned (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) will clean
28. 28.You ___ the room in 2023. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) clean
29. 29.My sister did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brought
30. 30.___ my brother climb a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
31. 31.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
32. 32.___ my cousins play cricket yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.___ we carry the bag two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
34. 34.I ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buyed (d) will buy
35. 35.You did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) drank (d) drinking
36. 36.___ they throw the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
37. 37.My brother did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) won (b) wins (c) win (d) winning
38. 38.She ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buyed (b) buys (c) will buy (d) bought
39. 39.___ they buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
40. 40.___ she send a message yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does

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