Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 415 · 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.___ my brother help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.You did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) write (d) writing
3. 3.___ the children plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
4. 4.We ___ science in 2023. (a) have studied (b) will study (c) studied (d) study
5. 5.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
6. 6.You ___ science last Sunday. (a) have studied (b) will study (c) study (d) studied
7. 7.___ she watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
8. 8.___ they study science last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
9. 9.They did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) played (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
10. 10.She ___ the ball two days ago. (a) threw (b) throwed (c) will throw (d) throws
11. 11.___ my brother send a message in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
12. 12.They ___ Grandma last week. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) help (d) helped
13. 13.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drawn
14. 14.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
15. 15.___ Sneha bake a cake two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.___ she eat a mango in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
17. 17.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
18. 18.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sang (d) sing
19. 19.My sister did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) clap
20. 20.___ Ishaan study science yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
21. 21.My cousins ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rode (b) ride (c) will ride (d) rided
22. 22.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) worn (c) wore (d) weared
23. 23.___ she ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
24. 24.We did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helped (b) helping (c) help (d) helps
25. 25.They did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) planted (c) planting (d) plants
26. 26.My friends did not ___ lunch last week. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
27. 27.___ Nisha cook rice in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
29. 29.___ my sister go to school in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.I ___ rice yesterday. (a) have cooked (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) cook
31. 31.My brother ___ the bag yesterday. (a) has carried (b) carries (c) carried (d) will carry
32. 32.The students did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builds (b) building (c) built (d) build
33. 33.She ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) will wash (b) washes (c) washed (d) has washed
34. 34.___ Kunal study science last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
35. 35.I ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) dance (c) have danced (d) will dance
36. 36.I did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
37. 37.My sister did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draws
38. 38.Sneha ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runs (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
39. 39.___ he draw a picture two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.The children did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleaned

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