Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 53 · 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 ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) catched (c) caught (d) will catch
2. 2.___ Diya wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
3. 3.My sister did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catch (d) catches
4. 4.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) rided (d) riding
5. 5.You did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) danced (c) dances (d) dancing
6. 6.My brother did not ___ the train last week. (a) took (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
7. 7.You ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) play (c) will play (d) have played
8. 8.Dev did not ___ a song last week. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sing (d) sings
9. 9.They ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drink (c) will drink (d) drinked
10. 10.Isha did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) bought
11. 11.He ___ a message in 2023. (a) will send (b) sends (c) sent (d) sended
12. 12.We ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) have watched (b) watch (c) will watch (d) watched
13. 13.Dev ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) has watched (c) watched (d) watches
14. 14.He ___ the ball last week. (a) catched (b) catches (c) will catch (d) caught
15. 15.You ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) help (b) will help (c) helped (d) have helped
16. 16.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
17. 17.She did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catches (b) catch (c) caught (d) catching
18. 18.___ Rohan catch the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
19. 19.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
20. 20.___ you plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
21. 21.I ___ rice two days ago. (a) have cooked (b) cook (c) will cook (d) cooked
22. 22.She ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rided (b) rides (c) will ride (d) rode
23. 23.My sister did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brings (b) bring (c) brought (d) bringing
24. 24.___ you wear a cap yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
25. 25.They did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) help (b) helps (c) helped (d) helping
26. 26.They ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watch
27. 27.You did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays (d) playing
28. 28.He ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builded (b) will build (c) builds (d) built
29. 29.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runned (b) run (c) ran (d) will run
30. 30.___ I win the match in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
31. 31.___ Omkar speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.We did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) ride (b) rode (c) rides (d) riding
33. 33.___ he watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
34. 34.I did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sent (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
35. 35.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) eated (d) ate
36. 36.He ___ a kite yesterday. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) flew (d) flies
37. 37.You did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dances (b) dance (c) dancing (d) danced
38. 38.___ the students play cricket in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.You did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) wears (d) wore
40. 40.We ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) will bring (d) bring

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