Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 416 · 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 ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carried (d) carrying
2. 2.___ you draw a picture in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
3. 3.I ___ for the team last week. (a) will clap (b) clapped (c) have clapped (d) clap
4. 4.___ she bring lunch last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
5. 5.My cousins did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) jogging
6. 6.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eaten (d) eating
7. 7.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
8. 8.He did not ___ lunch last week. (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bring (d) brings
9. 9.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
10. 10.Ira ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinks (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drinked
11. 11.He ___ tea in 2023. (a) maked (b) makes (c) made (d) will make
12. 12.___ I go to school in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
13. 13.You ___ milk two days ago. (a) drink (b) drinked (c) drank (d) will drink
14. 14.He did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watch (b) watched (c) watching (d) watches
15. 15.___ we tell a story in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.___ my parents wash the dishes last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
17. 17.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swimming
18. 18.He did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feed
19. 19.___ my parents eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.___ my sister wash the dishes last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.___ she throw the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
22. 22.They did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dance
23. 23.My parents ___ rice last week. (a) cook (b) have cooked (c) will cook (d) cooked
24. 24.___ she draw a picture yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
25. 25.___ he jog in the park last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.She did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) drew
27. 27.My brother did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planting (b) planted (c) plants (d) plant
28. 28.___ he win the match last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
29. 29.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
30. 30.___ my brother clap for the team two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
31. 31.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
32. 32.You ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) will carry
33. 33.He did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eating (d) eat
34. 34.My friends ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) draw (c) will draw (d) drawed
35. 35.___ he help Grandma in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
36. 36.___ I wash the dishes last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
37. 37.I ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buyed (b) buy (c) will buy (d) bought
38. 38.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flown (c) flyed (d) flying
39. 39.___ she swim in the pool last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
40. 40.Riya did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watched

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