Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 447 · 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.___ you play cricket last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
2. 2.The children ___ a cake two days ago. (a) will bake (b) have baked (c) baked (d) bake
3. 3.She did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
4. 4.He did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writes
5. 5.My sister ___ the room last Sunday. (a) has cleaned (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) will clean
6. 6.___ they play cricket in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
7. 7.Farhan ___ a message two days ago. (a) sent (b) sends (c) sended (d) will send
8. 8.She did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catches (b) catching (c) caught (d) catch
9. 9.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
10. 10.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
11. 11.___ Rahul tell a story two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
12. 12.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) runned (d) run
13. 13.___ we run in the park yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
14. 14.She ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) will speak (d) speaked
15. 15.Arjun ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) will help (b) helps (c) helped (d) has helped
16. 16.He ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builds (b) builded (c) will build (d) built
17. 17.They did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watching (d) watches
18. 18.She did not ___ tea last week. (a) made (b) makes (c) making (d) make
19. 19.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawing
20. 20.Neel did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) played
21. 21.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) taking (d) took
22. 22.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drinked
23. 23.You ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) have jogged (c) will jog (d) jog
24. 24.I did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) bought (b) buying (c) buy (d) buys
25. 25.___ Ira win the match yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
26. 26.___ Zoya sing a song yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
27. 27.She did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washing (d) washed
28. 28.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) worn (d) weared
29. 29.He did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
30. 30.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
31. 31.Riya ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) has baked (d) will bake
32. 32.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
33. 33.Diya ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runned (b) will run (c) runs (d) ran
34. 34.Ira did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
35. 35.Priya did not ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) cleaned
36. 36.They did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) clap (d) claps
37. 37.He ___ a tree last week. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) has climbed (d) will climb
38. 38.He ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rided (b) rode (c) rides (d) will ride
39. 39.We did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planted (d) planting
40. 40.___ she draw a picture in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did

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