Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 515 · 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 bake a cake yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
2. 2.The children did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
3. 3.Diya ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telled (b) tells (c) will tell (d) told
4. 4.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
5. 5.He ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) will dance (b) has danced (c) danced (d) dances
6. 6.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flown (d) flyed
7. 7.___ you ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
8. 8.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swimming (d) swam
9. 9.___ she ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
10. 10.___ my brother win the match last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
11. 11.Rahul ___ for the team last week. (a) has clapped (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) claps
12. 12.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwed
13. 13.Ananya ___ to school last week. (a) goed (b) goes (c) will go (d) went
14. 14.___ she swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
15. 15.They ___ a tree last week. (a) climb (b) have climbed (c) will climb (d) climbed
16. 16.You ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swim (d) swam
17. 17.___ Kavya write a letter yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.My brother ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will jog (b) jogs (c) has jogged (d) jogged
19. 19.My sister did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) build (b) builds (c) building (d) built
20. 20.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) running (d) run
21. 21.You did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studying (b) studies (c) studied (d) study
22. 22.She ___ cricket in 2023. (a) will play (b) has played (c) played (d) plays
23. 23.___ you send a message last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
24. 24.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
25. 25.She ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) eats (d) ate
26. 26.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) ridden (c) riding (d) rode
27. 27.___ Rohan win the match last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
28. 28.I did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) eat (c) ate (d) eating
29. 29.My sister ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) will bake (d) has baked
30. 30.___ Yash ride a bicycle last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
31. 31.Vivaan ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) has jogged (c) will jog (d) jogged
32. 32.He did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washing (d) washed
33. 33.___ I catch the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
34. 34.___ Saanvi climb a tree in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
35. 35.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drew
36. 36.They did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) cleaning
37. 37.I did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flew (b) flying (c) flies (d) fly
38. 38.___ he throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
39. 39.___ Aditya ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
40. 40.You did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) draws (d) drew

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