Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 439 · 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.Kabir did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
2. 2.___ my brother build a sandcastle last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
3. 3.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawing (c) drawn (d) drawed
4. 4.Ira ___ a message last Sunday. (a) will send (b) sended (c) sends (d) sent
5. 5.___ Arjun throw the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
6. 6.___ you speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
7. 7.We ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builded (b) build (c) will build (d) built
8. 8.She ___ to school last Sunday. (a) will go (b) went (c) goed (d) goes
9. 9.We did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch
10. 10.She ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catches (b) will catch (c) catched (d) caught
11. 11.___ my brother study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
12. 12.She did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) making (c) make (d) made
13. 13.___ my sister fly a kite in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
15. 15.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drunk
16. 16.My brother ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaked (b) speaks (c) will speak (d) spoke
17. 17.___ you climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.___ Sneha draw a picture last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
19. 19.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flying (d) flew
20. 20.Aditya did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) wash (b) washed (c) washes (d) washing
21. 21.___ my sister fly a kite last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
22. 22.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throwed
23. 23.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
24. 24.___ my cousins buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
25. 25.She ___ rice last Sunday. (a) will cook (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) has cooked
26. 26.___ you study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
27. 27.She ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) will catch (c) catches (d) catched
28. 28.We did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dance
29. 29.I did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drew (d) drawing
30. 30.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
31. 31.Vivaan ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swims (d) swimmed
32. 32.___ the children bake a cake two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.She ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) has danced (c) dances (d) will dance
34. 34.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
35. 35.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
36. 36.___ Saanvi study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
37. 37.___ they watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
38. 38.We did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studying (b) studied (c) study (d) studies
39. 39.She ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) will catch (c) catched (d) caught
40. 40.They ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) will build (b) builded (c) built (d) build

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