Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 470 · 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.___ he cook rice last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
2. 2.___ you drink milk last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
3. 3.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
4. 4.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
5. 5.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) speaking
6. 6.They did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
7. 7.___ my parents write a letter yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
8. 8.They did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
9. 9.Aisha did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swam (d) swimming
10. 10.They did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builds (b) build (c) building (d) built
11. 11.___ you fly a kite last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
12. 12.Aarav ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rides (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
13. 13.The children ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) jogged
14. 14.We ___ the ball last week. (a) catched (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catch
15. 15.I did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
16. 16.She did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
17. 17.___ he eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
18. 18.Priya did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) took (b) taking (c) take (d) takes
19. 19.Omkar ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flyed (b) flew (c) will fly (d) flies
20. 20.The students ___ science last week. (a) have studied (b) study (c) studied (d) will study
21. 21.Arjun ___ a picture two days ago. (a) will draw (b) draws (c) drew (d) drawed
22. 22.Farhan did not ___ tea last week. (a) making (b) makes (c) made (d) make
23. 23.You ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) will carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) carry
24. 24.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flying (d) flew
25. 25.I ___ science last week. (a) have studied (b) studied (c) study (d) will study
26. 26.She ___ cricket last week. (a) has played (b) plays (c) will play (d) played
27. 27.___ Pooja sing a song yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.___ you dance on the stage last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
29. 29.You ___ cricket yesterday. (a) have played (b) played (c) will play (d) play
30. 30.We did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) climb (d) climbing
31. 31.___ she carry the bag yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
32. 32.They ___ the ball last week. (a) will catch (b) catched (c) caught (d) catch
33. 33.Rohan ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) planted (c) will plant (d) has planted
34. 34.Farhan ___ the train last week. (a) taked (b) will take (c) took (d) takes
35. 35.My brother did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) ran (c) runs (d) running
36. 36.___ Isha build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
37. 37.She did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eating (d) eat
38. 38.They ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) will build (b) build (c) builded (d) built
39. 39.He ___ tea last Sunday. (a) made (b) maked (c) makes (d) will make
40. 40.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) throwing

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