Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 448 · 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.___ she make tea in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.They ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) tell (c) will tell (d) telled
3. 3.My sister did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flies (b) flew (c) fly (d) flying
4. 4.You ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) have baked (d) bake
5. 5.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) speaked
6. 6.They ___ the bag last week. (a) will carry (b) carry (c) carried (d) have carried
7. 7.___ Meera drink milk yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
8. 8.___ Riya buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
9. 9.She did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) win (c) wins (d) winning
10. 10.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) running (d) run
11. 11.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
12. 12.We did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
13. 13.The children ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
14. 14.___ she ride a bicycle last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
15. 15.My friends ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) took (c) will take (d) taked
16. 16.Rahul ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) has cleaned
17. 17.She did not ___ a song last week. (a) sang (b) sings (c) singing (d) sing
18. 18.He did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
19. 19.___ my parents clean the room two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
20. 20.He ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) has jogged
21. 21.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
22. 22.Kavya did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wore
23. 23.He ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brings (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) brought
24. 24.Ishaan ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) has jogged (d) will jog
25. 25.My cousins ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned
26. 26.___ they jog in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
27. 27.___ my brother clap for the team in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
28. 28.___ Meera write a letter last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
29. 29.She did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wore (b) wearing (c) wear (d) wears
30. 30.I did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
31. 31.My sister ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) has cooked
32. 32.We did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) cleaning
33. 33.___ you catch the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
34. 34.She did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studying (b) studies (c) studied (d) study
35. 35.I ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watched (d) watch
36. 36.We ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) speak (d) will speak
37. 37.___ Kavya catch the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
38. 38.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) gone (d) going
39. 39.___ you watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
40. 40.He ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched

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