Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 54 · 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.Ananya ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) wears (d) weared
2. 2.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) took (d) taked
3. 3.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
4. 4.___ we dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.We did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
6. 6.We did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dances (d) dance
7. 7.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
8. 8.___ my friends plant a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
9. 9.___ they clean the room yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.We ___ the train last week. (a) will take (b) taked (c) take (d) took
11. 11.He ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will run (b) runs (c) ran (d) runned
12. 12.Farhan did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
13. 13.___ we wear a cap last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
14. 14.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) worn (c) wore (d) weared
15. 15.They did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
16. 16.___ they draw a picture in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
17. 17.___ the students bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
18. 18.___ they speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
19. 19.He ___ a story last Sunday. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) tells (d) told
20. 20.My friends ___ Grandma last week. (a) helped (b) will help (c) have helped (d) help
21. 21.___ the children run in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
22. 22.My parents ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) carry (c) have carried (d) carried
23. 23.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
24. 24.My parents ___ in the park last week. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
25. 25.I did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catch (b) catching (c) caught (d) catches
26. 26.___ Kunal draw a picture two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.___ we study science two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.The children did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) wore (d) wears
29. 29.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drawing
30. 30.___ we plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
31. 31.You ___ in the pool last week. (a) swam (b) swim (c) will swim (d) swimmed
32. 32.He ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buys (b) buyed (c) will buy (d) bought
33. 33.The students did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) bought
34. 34.___ we draw a picture in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
35. 35.___ you swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.He did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) baked (d) bake
37. 37.Karan ___ on the stage last week. (a) dances (b) will dance (c) danced (d) has danced
38. 38.___ Vivaan plant a tree last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.___ they feed the dog last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
40. 40.Priya did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clap (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) claps

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