Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 374 · 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.Kabir ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) will climb (c) has climbed (d) climbed
2. 2.Zoya ___ the bag yesterday. (a) has carried (b) carried (c) will carry (d) carries
3. 3.He did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drinking
4. 4.___ they win the match last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
5. 5.___ she fly a kite in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
6. 6.My cousins ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) will help (b) help (c) have helped (d) helped
7. 7.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
8. 8.___ my parents plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
9. 9.___ he play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
10. 10.My friends did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry
11. 11.They did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
12. 12.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
13. 13.___ Isha bring lunch yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.Aisha did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) took (c) take (d) taking
15. 15.___ Pooja speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
16. 16.Ishaan did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
17. 17.Ishaan ___ a picture last week. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) drew (d) draws
18. 18.___ Kabir fly a kite last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
19. 19.I did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
20. 20.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) ran (d) run
21. 21.___ Pooja catch the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
22. 22.___ Rohan sing a song last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
23. 23.Isha did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) wear (d) wore
24. 24.My sister ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) buyed (c) bought (d) will buy
25. 25.___ my sister eat a mango two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
26. 26.They ___ a message yesterday. (a) will send (b) sent (c) send (d) sended
27. 27.We ___ cricket two days ago. (a) will play (b) have played (c) played (d) play
28. 28.___ you bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
29. 29.You ___ a song last week. (a) have sung (b) sing (c) will sing (d) sang
30. 30.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
31. 31.We ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) bake (c) have baked (d) baked
32. 32.My brother did not ___ tea last week. (a) making (b) makes (c) made (d) make
33. 33.Dev did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) telling (c) tell (d) tells
34. 34.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eaten (d) eating
35. 35.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
36. 36.Arjun did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
37. 37.___ he speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
38. 38.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) wrote (d) writing
39. 39.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking
40. 40.Ishaan ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) will buy (b) buyed (c) bought (d) buys

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