Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 480 · 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 did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eating (c) eat (d) eats
2. 2.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
3. 3.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
4. 4.He ___ on the stage last week. (a) dances (b) will dance (c) has danced (d) danced
5. 5.Neel did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carry (d) carried
6. 6.My sister ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helps (b) will help (c) has helped (d) helped
7. 7.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
8. 8.Kabir did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
9. 9.Aarav ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) rided (c) will ride (d) rides
10. 10.___ I drink milk last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
11. 11.We did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
12. 12.My brother ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) dances (c) has danced (d) will dance
13. 13.I ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) have cooked (c) cook (d) will cook
14. 14.Nisha did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watched (d) watch
15. 15.We did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eat (d) eating
16. 16.My parents ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eated (d) eat
17. 17.___ she clap for the team two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.We did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
19. 19.He did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bake (b) baking (c) baked (d) bakes
20. 20.We did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) baked
21. 21.___ I bring lunch in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
22. 22.She ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) has played (c) will play (d) plays
23. 23.___ Kunal carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
25. 25.___ they plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.They ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaked (d) will speak
27. 27.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) speaked
28. 28.She did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) went (b) goes (c) go (d) going
29. 29.They did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbed
30. 30.We ___ a kite yesterday. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) flew (d) will fly
31. 31.___ he dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
32. 32.Neel ___ a cartoon last week. (a) has watched (b) watches (c) will watch (d) watched
33. 33.___ she cook rice last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
34. 34.Sneha ___ milk last week. (a) drank (b) drinks (c) drinked (d) will drink
35. 35.___ you swim in the pool last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
36. 36.___ we jog in the park yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
37. 37.He did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
38. 38.We ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) have baked (c) bake (d) will bake
39. 39.I did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) building (b) built (c) builds (d) build
40. 40.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) goed (d) went

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