Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 5 · 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.___ I sing a song yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
2. 2.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
3. 3.___ the children fly a kite in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.He ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) has planted
5. 5.I did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baked (d) baking
6. 6.He did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runs (b) running (c) ran (d) run
7. 7.Aarav did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleaned (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
8. 8.He did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
9. 9.You did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swim
10. 10.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throwed (d) thrown
11. 11.I did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) win (b) wins (c) won (d) winning
12. 12.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
13. 13.___ I run in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.Saanvi did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
15. 15.You ___ cricket two days ago. (a) will play (b) play (c) have played (d) played
16. 16.The children did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sent (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
17. 17.___ I take the train last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
19. 19.He ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) will send (c) sended (d) sent
20. 20.We did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) baked (c) bakes (d) baking
21. 21.___ we build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) goed (c) gone (d) went
23. 23.You ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bring (d) will bring
24. 24.He ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wore
25. 25.He did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eats (b) eat (c) ate (d) eating
26. 26.___ my brother clap for the team last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.We did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) went (b) going (c) goes (d) go
28. 28.I did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buying (d) buys
29. 29.I did not ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) cleans
30. 30.___ she draw a picture two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
31. 31.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) have jogged (b) will jog (c) jog (d) jogged
32. 32.We did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catch (b) catching (c) catches (d) caught
33. 33.We ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) carried (c) will carry (d) have carried
34. 34.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawn
35. 35.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) weared (d) worn
36. 36.Nisha did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
37. 37.My sister did not ___ a cake last week. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) baked
38. 38.___ he watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.You did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carry (d) carries
40. 40.My brother ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wore

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