Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 407 · 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.___ we bake a cake in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
2. 2.I did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flies (b) flew (c) flying (d) fly
3. 3.Aisha did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baked
4. 4.___ we build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimmed
6. 6.You ___ a kite last week. (a) fly (b) will fly (c) flyed (d) flew
7. 7.___ he make tea in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
8. 8.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
9. 9.She did not ___ for the team last week. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) clapped
10. 10.They ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinked (b) will drink (c) drink (d) drank
11. 11.___ Isha run in the park two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
12. 12.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) thrown
13. 13.___ they catch the ball last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
14. 14.My sister did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goes (b) go (c) going (d) went
15. 15.___ Meera clean the room in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
16. 16.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) ate (d) eating
17. 17.___ my brother watch a cartoon last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.___ we help Grandma yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
19. 19.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
20. 20.Saanvi did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
21. 21.I did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buys (d) buying
22. 22.___ I clean the room in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
23. 23.I ___ the dog last week. (a) will feed (b) feed (c) fed (d) feeded
24. 24.___ they wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
25. 25.I ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wear (b) will wear (c) wore (d) weared
26. 26.My brother did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) washing (c) washed (d) wash
27. 27.I ___ the room two days ago. (a) have cleaned (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) clean
28. 28.___ we play cricket two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
29. 29.My brother ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) will carry (c) has carried (d) carries
30. 30.He did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) telling (b) tells (c) told (d) tell
31. 31.My brother did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bring (d) brings
32. 32.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
33. 33.They did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helped (c) helps (d) helping
34. 34.She did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
35. 35.Rohan ___ to school in 2023. (a) goes (b) will go (c) went (d) goed
36. 36.We ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) wash (b) will wash (c) have washed (d) washed
37. 37.We ___ tea last week. (a) made (b) maked (c) will make (d) make
38. 38.___ she send a message in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.Nisha ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brings (b) brought (c) will bring (d) bringed
40. 40.She ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draws (b) drawed (c) drew (d) will draw

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