Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 381 · 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 ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) carried (c) have carried (d) will carry
2. 2.Farhan ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) will play (d) has played
3. 3.She ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) will cook (d) has cooked
4. 4.I ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) wash (b) have washed (c) will wash (d) washed
5. 5.She did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) wins (c) win (d) winning
6. 6.Ira did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feeding
7. 7.You ___ a kite two days ago. (a) fly (b) flew (c) flyed (d) will fly
8. 8.We ___ on the stage last week. (a) have danced (b) will dance (c) dance (d) danced
9. 9.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
10. 10.My sister ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) has jogged (d) jogs
11. 11.I did not ___ rice last week. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) cooking
12. 12.___ my brother write a letter yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
13. 13.___ she dance on the stage last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
14. 14.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) ate (d) eaten
15. 15.___ they clean the room last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.___ you sing a song last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
17. 17.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drunk
18. 18.___ we sing a song two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
19. 19.We did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
20. 20.___ you plant a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.Manav ___ tea last week. (a) will make (b) maked (c) makes (d) made
22. 22.My parents did not ___ the ball last week. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
23. 23.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
24. 24.___ we dance on the stage last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
25. 25.My brother ___ the match in 2023. (a) winned (b) wins (c) will win (d) won
26. 26.You did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
27. 27.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) weared (d) worn
28. 28.I did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climbed (d) climb
29. 29.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) took (c) taked (d) taking
30. 30.My brother ___ a story last week. (a) telled (b) told (c) tells (d) will tell
31. 31.We did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flying (b) flew (c) fly (d) flies
32. 32.She ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studies
33. 33.___ Zoya send a message in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
34. 34.___ my parents plant a tree last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
35. 35.You did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) washing (c) washed (d) wash
36. 36.___ she wear a cap last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
37. 37.___ I take the train in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
38. 38.He did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carry (d) carried
39. 39.Arjun ___ a cap yesterday. (a) weared (b) wore (c) will wear (d) wears
40. 40.I did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rode (b) ride (c) riding (d) rides

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