Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 463 · 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 send a message in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
2. 2.She ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) will cook
3. 3.You ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swim
4. 4.I ___ the train yesterday. (a) taked (b) will take (c) take (d) took
5. 5.___ my cousins throw the ball last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
6. 6.___ they sing a song last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
7. 7.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) wearing (d) weared
8. 8.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
9. 9.Neel ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeds
10. 10.You did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watching (c) watches (d) watch
11. 11.Vivaan ___ a letter in 2023. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writes
12. 12.Ira ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) will ride (b) rided (c) rides (d) rode
13. 13.___ Rahul cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
14. 14.I did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baking (b) bake (c) baked (d) bakes
15. 15.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swimming
16. 16.___ the children climb a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
17. 17.She did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) take (b) took (c) taking (d) takes
18. 18.The students ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) help (d) helped
19. 19.___ we plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
20. 20.___ he jog in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
21. 21.I did not ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
22. 22.I ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drinked
23. 23.He did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) winning (c) win (d) wins
24. 24.___ the children make tea two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.___ you play cricket last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
26. 26.The children did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) sang (c) sing (d) singing
27. 27.___ my cousins tell a story two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
28. 28.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
29. 29.My brother did not ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) studied
30. 30.___ Ananya play cricket last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
31. 31.They did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swims (d) swimming
32. 32.___ you swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
33. 33.They ___ a message yesterday. (a) will send (b) sent (c) sended (d) send
34. 34.Rohan ___ the room last week. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleans (d) cleaned
35. 35.The students did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) playing (c) played (d) play
36. 36.You did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) runs (c) running (d) run
37. 37.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eating (d) eaten
38. 38.You ___ a mango last week. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) eat (d) eated
39. 39.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinked
40. 40.They did not ___ the dog last week. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) feed

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