Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 461 · 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.___ Manav cook rice yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
2. 2.We did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) took (b) taking (c) takes (d) take
3. 3.___ she feed the dog last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.My parents did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washed (d) washes
5. 5.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) going (c) gone (d) goed
6. 6.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
7. 7.___ we catch the ball in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
8. 8.My brother did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) climb (d) climbing
9. 9.___ we dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
10. 10.My brother ___ on the stage last week. (a) will dance (b) dances (c) has danced (d) danced
11. 11.___ we help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.___ I swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
13. 13.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
14. 14.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flew (d) flyed
15. 15.___ Farhan help Grandma in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
16. 16.You ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) will carry
17. 17.Sneha ___ the ball two days ago. (a) threw (b) will throw (c) throwed (d) throws
18. 18.I ___ Grandma last week. (a) helped (b) have helped (c) will help (d) help
19. 19.I ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buyed (b) buy (c) will buy (d) bought
20. 20.Kavya ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) has baked (d) bakes
21. 21.___ my friends drink milk two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
22. 22.___ they fly a kite yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
23. 23.They did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throws (d) throwing
24. 24.My brother ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throws (d) will throw
25. 25.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
26. 26.She did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swims (d) swim
27. 27.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eating (d) eaten
28. 28.We did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) drink (d) drinking
29. 29.They did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) baked (d) bake
30. 30.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throwed (d) thrown
31. 31.You did not ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) bought
32. 32.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) took (d) taken
33. 33.___ they win the match in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.I ___ the ball last week. (a) will catch (b) catch (c) caught (d) catched
35. 35.The children did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) makes (b) made (c) making (d) make
36. 36.I ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) will speak (d) speaked
37. 37.___ he take the train yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
38. 38.I did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washed (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
39. 39.My brother ___ the room last week. (a) has cleaned (b) cleans (c) will clean (d) cleaned
40. 40.Dev did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cook

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