Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 431 · 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 win the match last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
2. 2.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flown (d) flying
3. 3.She ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) has watched (d) watches
4. 4.The students did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
5. 5.They ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climb (b) have climbed (c) climbed (d) will climb
6. 6.You ___ a tree in 2023. (a) have climbed (b) will climb (c) climb (d) climbed
7. 7.___ Karan bring lunch in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
8. 8.The students did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) going (c) went (d) goes
9. 9.We did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clapped (d) clap
10. 10.___ she drink milk in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
11. 11.She did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) brought (d) bring
12. 12.___ they jog in the park yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.We did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drawing (b) drew (c) draws (d) draw
14. 14.We did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleaned (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
15. 15.___ Ira take the train last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
16. 16.Aditya ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washed
17. 17.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wore (c) weared (d) wearing
18. 18.___ we write a letter yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.My sister ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) watches (d) has watched
20. 20.They ___ the bag two days ago. (a) have carried (b) carry (c) carried (d) will carry
21. 21.We did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
22. 22.You ___ the bag last week. (a) will carry (b) have carried (c) carry (d) carried
23. 23.___ Tara clean the room last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
24. 24.___ the students tell a story last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
25. 25.My friends did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) claps (d) clap
26. 26.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
27. 27.___ the children clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
28. 28.I ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) will build (c) builded (d) build
29. 29.Rahul ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) has sung (c) sang (d) will sing
30. 30.We ___ Grandma last week. (a) helped (b) have helped (c) help (d) will help
31. 31.Arjun ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washes
32. 32.He did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) writing (c) wrote (d) write
33. 33.Ishaan ___ for the team yesterday. (a) has clapped (b) claps (c) clapped (d) will clap
34. 34.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoke
35. 35.She did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins (d) won
36. 36.___ Pooja go to school last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
37. 37.I did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) goes (c) went (d) going
38. 38.We ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeded (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feed
39. 39.They ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) swim (c) will swim (d) swam
40. 40.We ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) will cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked

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