Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 571 · 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 write a letter two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
2. 2.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drank
3. 3.___ the students study science last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.My sister did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) takes (b) take (c) taking (d) took
5. 5.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
6. 6.Aarav ___ a story two days ago. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) tells (d) told
7. 7.My brother ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writes (d) will write
8. 8.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
9. 9.___ my friends ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
10. 10.He ___ the match in 2023. (a) wins (b) will win (c) winned (d) won
11. 11.Diya did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dance (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dances
12. 12.___ Rohan buy vegetables last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
13. 13.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
14. 14.I did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) washing (c) wash (d) washed
15. 15.Saanvi did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches (d) watched
16. 16.___ I run in the park yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
17. 17.Isha did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carried (d) carry
18. 18.I did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogs
19. 19.We did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baking (d) baked
20. 20.She did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) cooking (d) cooks
21. 21.___ Myra feed the dog two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
22. 22.___ she run in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.My brother ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will throw (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throws
24. 24.Omkar did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) going (b) goes (c) go (d) went
25. 25.You did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feeds
26. 26.___ he win the match in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
27. 27.You did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
28. 28.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) riding (c) rided (d) ridden
29. 29.He did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) studies (c) studying (d) study
30. 30.The students did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jogged (d) jog
31. 31.You did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaking
32. 32.We did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
33. 33.I did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drawing (b) drew (c) draw (d) draws
34. 34.Saanvi did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
35. 35.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
36. 36.I ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) have cleaned (c) cleaned (d) will clean
37. 37.___ she climb a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
38. 38.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swimmed
39. 39.The students ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sing (b) have sung (c) sang (d) will sing
40. 40.We ___ milk in 2023. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drink

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