Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 43 · 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 wear a cap last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.___ we wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
3. 3.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) goed (c) going (d) gone
4. 4.Ira ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) will wash (b) washed (c) washes (d) has washed
5. 5.I ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
6. 6.I did not ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sending (c) sent (d) send
7. 7.___ my brother ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
8. 8.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) taken (d) took
9. 9.___ I carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
10. 10.I ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
11. 11.We did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winning (b) wins (c) win (d) won
12. 12.___ he dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
13. 13.My cousins did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
14. 14.She did not ___ a mango last week. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eating (d) eats
15. 15.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eated (d) eaten
16. 16.Sneha ___ cricket in 2023. (a) has played (b) plays (c) will play (d) played
17. 17.We did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) danced
18. 18.You did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buying (b) buy (c) bought (d) buys
19. 19.Priya ___ the train in 2023. (a) will take (b) takes (c) took (d) taked
20. 20.They ___ the match yesterday. (a) win (b) will win (c) winned (d) won
21. 21.I ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clap (b) have clapped (c) clapped (d) will clap
22. 22.My brother ___ the match two days ago. (a) wins (b) will win (c) won (d) winned
23. 23.I did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) took (b) taking (c) take (d) takes
24. 24.My brother ___ the train two days ago. (a) will take (b) taked (c) took (d) takes
25. 25.Kunal ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rode (b) rides (c) will ride (d) rided
26. 26.You ___ a picture yesterday. (a) will draw (b) drew (c) draw (d) drawed
27. 27.Isha did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) spoke
28. 28.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
29. 29.They ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will plant (b) plant (c) have planted (d) planted
30. 30.My friends did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) ran (b) run (c) runs (d) running
31. 31.They did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throw
32. 32.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
33. 33.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
34. 34.They ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) feed (c) fed (d) will feed
35. 35.___ she throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
36. 36.___ she build a sandcastle last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
37. 37.My cousins ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) drew (c) will draw (d) drawed
38. 38.Dev ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) has watched (c) watches (d) watched
39. 39.He ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) will feed (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feeded
40. 40.___ Tara clean the room last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do

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