Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 509 · 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.They ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) watched (d) have watched
2. 2.We did not ___ rice last week. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cooks
3. 3.___ my parents jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.You did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sing (d) sang
5. 5.I ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) bake (c) will bake (d) have baked
6. 6.My friends did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaned
7. 7.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
8. 8.My parents ___ Hindi last week. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaked (d) will speak
9. 9.You did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) fed
10. 10.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
11. 11.___ my brother help Grandma in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.You ___ the match in 2023. (a) win (b) will win (c) winned (d) won
13. 13.Nisha ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) will bake (c) bakes (d) has baked
14. 14.He did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speak
15. 15.The students ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) runned (c) will run (d) ran
16. 16.___ Karan feed the dog last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.___ we wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.We ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jog
19. 19.___ I play cricket last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
20. 20.___ you buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.She ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) has watched (c) will watch (d) watched
22. 22.___ they carry the bag yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
23. 23.My sister ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eated (b) eats (c) will eat (d) ate
24. 24.She ___ the train yesterday. (a) will take (b) taked (c) takes (d) took
25. 25.___ Neel buy vegetables last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
26. 26.I ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) cook (d) have cooked
27. 27.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
28. 28.___ Karan bring lunch last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
29. 29.The children ___ the room two days ago. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
30. 30.I ___ the match two days ago. (a) winned (b) will win (c) won (d) win
31. 31.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drunk
32. 32.He did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) won
33. 33.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
34. 34.Meera ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) took (c) taked (d) will take
35. 35.You ___ in the pool last week. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swim
36. 36.Rahul did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) telling (b) told (c) tell (d) tells
37. 37.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wore (c) worn (d) wearing
38. 38.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawed
39. 39.___ I run in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
40. 40.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending

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