Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 499 · 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 play cricket last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.Omkar ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) sings (c) sang (d) has sung
3. 3.___ he fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
4. 4.I ___ a mango last week. (a) will eat (b) eat (c) ate (d) eated
5. 5.___ my friends dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
6. 6.___ my sister win the match yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.My brother did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carried
8. 8.I did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
9. 9.She did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planting (d) planted
10. 10.They did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbing (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) climb
11. 11.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) ran (d) runned
12. 12.They did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swim (d) swam
13. 13.___ I fly a kite in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
14. 14.She did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sent (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
15. 15.He ___ for the team last week. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) has clapped (d) will clap
16. 16.We did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
17. 17.The children ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) will build (b) built (c) build (d) builded
18. 18.___ the children watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
19. 19.My sister did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) going (b) went (c) goes (d) go
20. 20.You ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) will study (c) studied (d) have studied
21. 21.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) threw (d) throwing
22. 22.___ you write a letter two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drinking
24. 24.The children did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brings (b) bring (c) brought (d) bringing
25. 25.___ Manav bring lunch in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
26. 26.We did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
27. 27.___ he throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.You did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washes (b) washing (c) wash (d) washed
29. 29.Ananya did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sending (b) sent (c) sends (d) send
30. 30.___ they bring lunch yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
31. 31.___ they catch the ball in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
32. 32.___ he study science yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
33. 33.You did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carries
34. 34.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speaked
35. 35.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
36. 36.___ my brother tell a story last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
37. 37.___ Yash speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
38. 38.___ I go to school in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
39. 39.She did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak (d) spoke
40. 40.They did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play

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