Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 579 · 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.___ Aarav feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
2. 2.I did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooks
3. 3.I ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) will throw
4. 4.The students did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helping (b) helps (c) helped (d) help
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swimming
6. 6.We did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) going (b) goes (c) went (d) go
7. 7.Diya did not ___ milk last week. (a) drink (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinks
8. 8.___ I fly a kite in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
9. 9.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writing (d) writed
10. 10.They ___ a cartoon last week. (a) have watched (b) watch (c) will watch (d) watched
11. 11.___ they bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.___ Priya sing a song in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
13. 13.___ he eat a mango two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
14. 14.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
15. 15.He did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) fly (b) flew (c) flies (d) flying
16. 16.He did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) going (b) goes (c) went (d) go
17. 17.___ my cousins fly a kite last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
18. 18.My brother ___ the match in 2023. (a) winned (b) will win (c) wins (d) won
19. 19.Aarav ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwed (b) throws (c) threw (d) will throw
20. 20.We did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) clean
21. 21.You ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) have carried (d) carry
22. 22.We did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) feed
23. 23.___ Rahul carry the bag last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
24. 24.Dev did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drinks
25. 25.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) took (d) taken
26. 26.___ you study science yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
27. 27.You did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
28. 28.My brother did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) clap
29. 29.She ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) will help (c) has helped (d) helped
30. 30.We did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runs
31. 31.My brother did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
32. 32.___ she fly a kite two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
33. 33.You did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writes
34. 34.___ you speak Hindi last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
35. 35.We ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wear (b) wore (c) weared (d) will wear
36. 36.___ my brother study science last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
37. 37.My brother ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) will bring (c) brought (d) bringed
38. 38.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
39. 39.He did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wore (d) wearing
40. 40.___ he write a letter last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does

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