Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 397 · 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.Riya ___ cricket two days ago. (a) will play (b) plays (c) played (d) has played
2. 2.My sister did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) taking (c) took (d) take
3. 3.The children ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) will play (c) have played (d) played
4. 4.Arjun did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
5. 5.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flew
6. 6.Priya ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) has planted (c) plants (d) planted
7. 7.Yash did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) cleans
8. 8.___ I climb a tree in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.We did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catch (d) catching
10. 10.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) goed (d) went
11. 11.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoken
12. 12.Meera ___ to school last Sunday. (a) went (b) goes (c) goed (d) will go
13. 13.She did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writes (b) writing (c) wrote (d) write
14. 14.___ Myra study science last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
15. 15.My brother ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) has played (c) will play (d) played
16. 16.They did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feed
17. 17.Ananya did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) flew
18. 18.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
19. 19.___ my brother clean the room last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.Manav ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) buys (c) will buy (d) buyed
21. 21.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) will jog (d) jogged
22. 22.My cousins ___ the train last week. (a) taked (b) take (c) will take (d) took
23. 23.Zoya ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goed (b) goes (c) will go (d) went
24. 24.___ Ira clean the room in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
25. 25.___ the students send a message yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
26. 26.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinked
27. 27.They ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) have jogged (d) jog
28. 28.My friends did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) sang (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
29. 29.They did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
30. 30.My sister ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rode (b) rided (c) will ride (d) rides
31. 31.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
32. 32.He did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washing (b) washed (c) washes (d) wash
33. 33.You ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) threw (b) will throw (c) throwed (d) throw
34. 34.___ we tell a story last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
35. 35.We did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) told
36. 36.I ___ the match in 2023. (a) won (b) will win (c) winned (d) win
37. 37.You ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) have planted (d) plant
38. 38.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) sing (c) will sing (d) have sung
39. 39.My brother did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dance (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dances
40. 40.___ we play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did

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