Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 443 · 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.My brother did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winning (b) won (c) win (d) wins
2. 2.We ___ a song last week. (a) have sung (b) sang (c) sing (d) will sing
3. 3.___ Riya draw a picture two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drawed
5. 5.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
6. 6.You ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) eat (c) will eat (d) eated
7. 7.My brother ___ the room two days ago. (a) has cleaned (b) cleans (c) will clean (d) cleaned
8. 8.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rided (d) rode
9. 9.My parents did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
10. 10.___ my sister play cricket last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
11. 11.Aarav did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) planting (c) planted (d) plant
12. 12.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) took (d) taken
13. 13.She ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) washed (c) has washed (d) will wash
14. 14.The children did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) making (b) make (c) made (d) makes
15. 15.Arjun ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eated (d) will eat
16. 16.___ she make tea in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.I ___ the dog last week. (a) feed (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeded
18. 18.My sister did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bake (b) baked (c) baking (d) bakes
19. 19.___ they clean the room yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writed
21. 21.My brother ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) played (c) will play (d) has played
22. 22.___ he buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
23. 23.___ my brother carry the bag in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
24. 24.___ the students cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
25. 25.Kunal did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
26. 26.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
27. 27.I ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) drew (c) will draw (d) drawed
28. 28.___ I watch a cartoon last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
29. 29.My sister ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) has jogged (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) will jog
30. 30.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eated
31. 31.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) spoken
32. 32.We did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wear (d) wearing
33. 33.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) thrown (c) threw (d) throwed
34. 34.___ my sister play cricket in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
35. 35.___ my cousins watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
36. 36.___ Aditya buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
37. 37.___ we catch the ball in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
38. 38.___ the children bake a cake two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
39. 39.My brother ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drinked (b) will drink (c) drinks (d) drank
40. 40.My brother did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catching (b) caught (c) catches (d) catch

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