Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 45 · 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 cousins ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throwed (b) throw (c) will throw (d) threw
2. 2.My brother ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flew (b) will fly (c) flies (d) flyed
3. 3.He did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) writing (d) write
4. 4.___ you go to school last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
5. 5.___ they bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
6. 6.We did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carried (d) carry
7. 7.___ you bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
8. 8.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
9. 9.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
10. 10.___ my sister help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
11. 11.We ___ a story in 2023. (a) told (b) tell (c) telled (d) will tell
12. 12.I did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eat (d) eating
13. 13.They did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feed
14. 14.___ I clean the room last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
15. 15.My cousins did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baking (b) baked (c) bake (d) bakes
16. 16.Aarav did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
17. 17.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
18. 18.Aditya did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carried (d) carrying
19. 19.___ they ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.We ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) study (d) will study
21. 21.I did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
22. 22.Rahul ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) has jogged (c) jogged (d) will jog
23. 23.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) goed (c) went (d) gone
24. 24.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climb (b) climbed (c) have climbed (d) will climb
25. 25.You did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) taking (b) takes (c) take (d) took
26. 26.___ Meera plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) spoke
28. 28.We did not ___ a mango last week. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
29. 29.Rahul ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catched (d) will catch
30. 30.Tara ___ the ball last week. (a) throwed (b) throws (c) will throw (d) threw
31. 31.Zoya did not ___ the match last week. (a) winning (b) won (c) wins (d) win
32. 32.___ I play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.They ___ the room last Sunday. (a) have cleaned (b) clean (c) will clean (d) cleaned
34. 34.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taking (d) taken
35. 35.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
36. 36.___ she eat a mango last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
37. 37.Dev ___ for the team yesterday. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) has clapped
38. 38.She ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) eated (c) will eat (d) ate
39. 39.___ he dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
40. 40.My sister ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) will send (c) sended (d) sends

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