Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 46 · 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 ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swims
2. 2.My brother ___ milk last week. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) will drink (d) drinked
3. 3.We did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
4. 4.___ I study science last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
5. 5.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) running (d) run
6. 6.Meera did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carried (d) carrying
7. 7.Isha did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eat (b) ate (c) eats (d) eating
8. 8.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wore (c) worn (d) wearing
9. 9.I did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carry (d) carrying
10. 10.___ my brother carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
11. 11.They ___ rice last Sunday. (a) have cooked (b) cook (c) will cook (d) cooked
12. 12.They did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) build (c) building (d) builds
13. 13.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
14. 14.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
15. 15.Neel ___ milk yesterday. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drinks
16. 16.We ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) have carried (d) carried
17. 17.I ___ Grandma last week. (a) helped (b) help (c) have helped (d) will help
18. 18.I ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
19. 19.We did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flying (d) flew
20. 20.You did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaking
21. 21.My friends ___ on the stage last week. (a) have danced (b) dance (c) will dance (d) danced
22. 22.They ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catch
23. 23.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taking (d) taken
24. 24.They did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brings (d) brought
25. 25.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swimmed (d) swam
26. 26.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
27. 27.She ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runs (b) runned (c) will run (d) ran
28. 28.They did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) clapped (d) claps
29. 29.___ the students clean the room yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.Yash ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaked (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) will speak
31. 31.You ___ the dog in 2023. (a) will feed (b) feeded (c) feed (d) fed
32. 32.___ he wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.Riya did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catch (b) caught (c) catches (d) catching
34. 34.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writing (d) written
35. 35.___ my friends watch a cartoon last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
36. 36.Yash ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) builded (c) builds (d) will build
37. 37.You did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) fly (b) flew (c) flying (d) flies
38. 38.Kabir did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
39. 39.My friends ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drew (b) draw (c) drawed (d) will draw
40. 40.___ Saanvi send a message yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was

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