Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 442 · 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 buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.___ Omkar jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
3. 3.My cousins ___ to school two days ago. (a) will go (b) went (c) goed (d) go
4. 4.___ Omkar make tea two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
5. 5.I did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
6. 6.___ Arjun clap for the team in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
7. 7.We did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swam (d) swim
8. 8.___ I bake a cake two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
9. 9.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawing
10. 10.You did not ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) played
11. 11.You did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wore (d) wears
12. 12.My sister ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) dances (d) has danced
13. 13.She ___ a cap yesterday. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wears (d) wore
14. 14.Dev did not ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
15. 15.I ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swim
16. 16.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) wrote (d) written
17. 17.Rahul ___ cricket in 2023. (a) will play (b) has played (c) plays (d) played
18. 18.She ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buyed (b) buys (c) bought (d) will buy
19. 19.She did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cook
20. 20.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
21. 21.I ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plant (b) planted (c) have planted (d) will plant
22. 22.Vivaan did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
23. 23.He ___ science in 2023. (a) will study (b) studies (c) studied (d) has studied
24. 24.He ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will run (b) runs (c) ran (d) runned
25. 25.___ she watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
26. 26.___ we climb a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
28. 28.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
29. 29.We ___ a message last Sunday. (a) will send (b) send (c) sended (d) sent
30. 30.You did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runs (b) run (c) ran (d) running
31. 31.___ I wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
32. 32.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
33. 33.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drunk
34. 34.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swimming (d) swum
35. 35.We ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) have planted (d) plant
36. 36.They ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winned (b) win (c) will win (d) won
37. 37.___ I bake a cake last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
38. 38.___ you run in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.The children did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
40. 40.___ he watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did

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