Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 577 · 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.___ you wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
2. 2.We ___ a cap two days ago. (a) weared (b) will wear (c) wore (d) wear
3. 3.Kabir did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) help (b) helped (c) helping (d) helps
4. 4.I ___ the room last Sunday. (a) will clean (b) have cleaned (c) cleaned (d) clean
5. 5.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
6. 6.My brother ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaked (b) speaks (c) will speak (d) spoke
7. 7.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
8. 8.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) run (c) runned (d) will run
9. 9.They did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) build (b) builds (c) built (d) building
10. 10.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
11. 11.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) rode (d) ridden
12. 12.My brother did not ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) studied (c) studying (d) studies
13. 13.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) written (d) writed
14. 14.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
15. 15.___ she bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
16. 16.You did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swims (d) swimming
17. 17.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
18. 18.___ Yash fly a kite two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.Vivaan did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) danced
20. 20.___ he dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) have jogged (d) will jog
22. 22.Priya ___ cricket yesterday. (a) has played (b) will play (c) played (d) plays
23. 23.___ I help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
24. 24.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eaten (d) eated
25. 25.They ___ rice in 2023. (a) cook (b) have cooked (c) will cook (d) cooked
26. 26.___ I jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
27. 27.You did not ___ the ball last week. (a) threw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) throw
28. 28.My brother ___ the bag last week. (a) has carried (b) will carry (c) carries (d) carried
29. 29.___ Kavya run in the park two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
30. 30.We ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swim
31. 31.We ___ to school in 2023. (a) goed (b) will go (c) went (d) go
32. 32.We ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
33. 33.We ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bake (b) baked (c) will bake (d) have baked
34. 34.___ he jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
35. 35.We did not ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writes
36. 36.___ Tara draw a picture two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
37. 37.___ Manav sing a song last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.___ my sister win the match two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
39. 39.You did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooked
40. 40.We did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) planted

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