Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 520 · 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 did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) go (b) went (c) going (d) goes
2. 2.___ they buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
3. 3.___ I take the train two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
5. 5.Farhan ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swims
6. 6.She did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) made (b) make (c) making (d) makes
7. 7.The children ___ in the park last week. (a) have jogged (b) will jog (c) jog (d) jogged
8. 8.My friends did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
9. 9.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawed
10. 10.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) ate (d) eaten
11. 11.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) threw
12. 12.Neel did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) planted (c) plant (d) planting
13. 13.My parents ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swim
14. 14.___ you study science two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.I did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) told
16. 16.I ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) have cooked
17. 17.You did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
18. 18.___ I study science two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
19. 19.Arjun ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) has jogged (d) will jog
20. 20.___ she clean the room last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
21. 21.He ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swims
22. 22.They did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) build (c) building (d) builds
23. 23.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
24. 24.He ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) has baked (d) bakes
25. 25.My friends ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) will write
26. 26.___ we clean the room yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.They ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drink
28. 28.My brother ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washed
29. 29.___ I speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
30. 30.We ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bake (b) baked (c) will bake (d) have baked
31. 31.My parents ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) watch (c) have watched (d) watched
32. 32.He did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) catching (c) caught (d) catch
33. 33.The children did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wearing (d) wear
34. 34.She did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helping (b) helps (c) helped (d) help
35. 35.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) writing (d) wrote
36. 36.You did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brought
37. 37.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drunk
38. 38.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) jog (c) jogged (d) will jog
39. 39.___ Aarav tell a story yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
40. 40.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) went (d) going

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