Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 40 · 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.He did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) planted (c) planting (d) plant
2. 2.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoke
3. 3.He did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planting (b) planted (c) plants (d) plant
4. 4.Rohan did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) win (b) wins (c) won (d) winning
5. 5.They ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) will ride (c) ride (d) rided
6. 6.___ my brother draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.___ she catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
8. 8.We ___ a letter two days ago. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) write (d) writed
9. 9.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
10. 10.My brother ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) will bring (b) bringed (c) brought (d) brings
11. 11.She did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carried
12. 12.___ they throw the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.___ you tell a story last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
14. 14.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wearing (d) wore
15. 15.Sneha did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
16. 16.My sister ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brings (b) will bring (c) bringed (d) brought
17. 17.___ you throw the ball last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
18. 18.Arjun ___ cricket yesterday. (a) has played (b) plays (c) will play (d) played
19. 19.You did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) taking (c) took (d) takes
20. 20.We did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) built
21. 21.I ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) plant (d) have planted
22. 22.They ___ tea two days ago. (a) will make (b) maked (c) make (d) made
23. 23.You did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dance
24. 24.My sister ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helped (b) will help (c) helps (d) has helped
25. 25.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
26. 26.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
27. 27.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimmed
28. 28.___ the students help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
29. 29.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
30. 30.I did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
31. 31.You did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) made
32. 32.Ananya did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catching (d) catch
33. 33.The children did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clap (b) claps (c) clapped (d) clapping
34. 34.He ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studied
35. 35.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) riding (c) rided (d) ridden
36. 36.___ Diya build a sandcastle last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
37. 37.___ I buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
38. 38.He did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buying (d) buys
39. 39.Aarav did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) runs (c) running (d) run
40. 40.___ Isha wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did

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