Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 423 · 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.I did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washes (b) washing (c) wash (d) washed
2. 2.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimming
3. 3.I ___ science last week. (a) will study (b) study (c) have studied (d) studied
4. 4.My friends ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jogged (d) jog
5. 5.My friends ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
6. 6.My brother ___ cricket two days ago. (a) has played (b) plays (c) will play (d) played
7. 7.My cousins did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
8. 8.I ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) will swim (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swim
9. 9.Manav ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) has jogged
10. 10.___ he play cricket last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
11. 11.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
12. 12.___ she write a letter in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
13. 13.Tara ___ the dishes last week. (a) will wash (b) washed (c) has washed (d) washes
14. 14.___ Tara plant a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
15. 15.My brother did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) planted (c) planting (d) plant
16. 16.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wearing (d) wore
17. 17.Aisha did not ___ the match last week. (a) winning (b) win (c) won (d) wins
18. 18.Aisha ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) will speak (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) speaks
19. 19.___ we clean the room last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
20. 20.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
21. 21.___ they play cricket two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
22. 22.They did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) clean
23. 23.Vivaan did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) draws (c) draw (d) drawing
24. 24.He ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) will feed (d) feeded
25. 25.My parents ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drew (b) draw (c) will draw (d) drawed
26. 26.___ they make tea yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.___ Myra feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.Neel ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) will speak
29. 29.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
30. 30.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) wrote (d) writed
31. 31.We ___ the bag two days ago. (a) have carried (b) carry (c) carried (d) will carry
32. 32.You ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wear (b) wore (c) will wear (d) weared
33. 33.___ he drink milk in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
34. 34.They ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) will wash (c) have washed (d) wash
35. 35.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eated (d) eating
36. 36.They ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) wash (b) have washed (c) washed (d) will wash
37. 37.I ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eated (b) ate (c) eat (d) will eat
38. 38.___ Nisha make tea last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
39. 39.___ my sister win the match last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
40. 40.My sister ___ milk in 2023. (a) drank (b) drinks (c) will drink (d) drinked

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