Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 427 · 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 help Grandma in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
2. 2.___ you run in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
3. 3.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
4. 4.___ they write a letter last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
5. 5.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) run (d) runned
6. 6.___ she play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
7. 7.I ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) ride (d) rided
8. 8.You did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) building (c) build (d) builds
9. 9.You ___ a picture last week. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) drew (d) draw
10. 10.I ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) danced (b) have danced (c) will dance (d) dance
11. 11.Diya did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catch (d) catches
12. 12.Kabir did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) clap (d) claps
13. 13.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
14. 14.I did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
15. 15.Saanvi ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) eats
16. 16.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) ate (d) eaten
17. 17.My sister did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dances
18. 18.I did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) bought
19. 19.We did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) told (c) telling (d) tell
20. 20.My sister did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climbed (d) climb
21. 21.They ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) drawed (c) drew (d) will draw
22. 22.___ she sing a song last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.We did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) draws (d) drew
24. 24.___ we climb a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.He did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
26. 26.___ we catch the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
27. 27.Zoya did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) makes (b) making (c) made (d) make
28. 28.They did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wear (b) wore (c) wears (d) wearing
29. 29.He ___ the room last Sunday. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) has cleaned
30. 30.They ___ the train last week. (a) will take (b) took (c) take (d) taked
31. 31.We ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
32. 32.My parents ___ a story in 2023. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) told (d) tell
33. 33.We did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogging
34. 34.We ___ for the team last week. (a) will clap (b) clapped (c) clap (d) have clapped
35. 35.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawn
36. 36.___ you build a sandcastle last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
37. 37.Yash did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) took
38. 38.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) rode (c) ridden (d) riding
39. 39.Omkar ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feeds
40. 40.My cousins did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) studying (b) studied (c) study (d) studies

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