Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 523 · 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 ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has climbed (b) will climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
2. 2.We ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) plant (d) have planted
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swimming
4. 4.He did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rode (b) riding (c) ride (d) rides
5. 5.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eaten (d) eated
6. 6.My parents did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) sing (c) sang (d) singing
7. 7.She ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) wears (d) weared
8. 8.___ you bake a cake last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
9. 9.We ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feeded (c) will feed (d) feed
10. 10.My brother ___ a picture yesterday. (a) will draw (b) drew (c) draws (d) drawed
11. 11.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drunk
12. 12.The children ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drink
13. 13.I did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
14. 14.My friends ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) danced (d) will dance
15. 15.He did not ___ in the park last week. (a) run (b) running (c) runs (d) ran
16. 16.Farhan did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) went (b) goes (c) going (d) go
17. 17.___ my sister plant a tree in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.We ___ a mango two days ago. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eat (d) eated
19. 19.___ Dev sing a song two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.He ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) has planted (d) plants
21. 21.We did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drank (d) drinking
22. 22.I ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) will swim (b) swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
23. 23.You ___ the bag yesterday. (a) have carried (b) will carry (c) carried (d) carry
24. 24.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flown (d) flying
25. 25.___ Meera speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
26. 26.I ___ the match two days ago. (a) win (b) will win (c) won (d) winned
27. 27.___ you draw a picture last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
28. 28.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
29. 29.___ they sing a song last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
30. 30.I did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays (d) playing
31. 31.___ you cook rice in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.Yash did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dance
33. 33.Kabir ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drew (c) will draw (d) drawed
34. 34.We did not ___ lunch last week. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brought
35. 35.My cousins ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winned (b) won (c) win (d) will win
36. 36.You did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) jogging
37. 37.___ I jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
38. 38.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
39. 39.Meera did not ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) studied
40. 40.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying

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