Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 434 · 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.They did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eating (b) eat (c) ate (d) eats
2. 2.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
3. 3.My parents ___ the match two days ago. (a) win (b) will win (c) winned (d) won
4. 4.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawn
5. 5.Karan ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) studied (c) studies (d) has studied
6. 6.We did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
7. 7.___ my brother fly a kite in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
8. 8.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
9. 9.___ you dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
10. 10.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swum
11. 11.They ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) study (c) will study (d) have studied
12. 12.___ my brother feed the dog yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.He did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) study (c) studies (d) studying
14. 14.We did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapped (d) clapping
15. 15.Neel did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) cleans
16. 16.We ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
17. 17.___ Sneha study science two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.___ my sister sing a song two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
19. 19.The children ___ milk last week. (a) will drink (b) drink (c) drinked (d) drank
20. 20.She ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swims
21. 21.___ she bring lunch in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
22. 22.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) weared (c) worn (d) wore
23. 23.I did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washing (b) washes (c) washed (d) wash
24. 24.She ___ cricket last week. (a) has played (b) plays (c) will play (d) played
25. 25.___ I go to school last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
26. 26.Myra ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) will play (c) played (d) has played
27. 27.She did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinking (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drank
28. 28.Nisha did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) playing (b) played (c) plays (d) play
29. 29.Manav ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) will climb (c) has climbed (d) climbs
30. 30.They ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) will cook
31. 31.Aditya did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) planted
32. 32.I did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) threw (b) throw (c) throws (d) throwing
33. 33.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
34. 34.Vivaan did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) danced (d) dances
35. 35.They did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
36. 36.My brother did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swam
37. 37.___ he sing a song yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
38. 38.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
39. 39.They did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) caught (c) catching (d) catches
40. 40.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flown (d) flyed

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