Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 580 · 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.He ___ in the park last week. (a) runs (b) runned (c) will run (d) ran
2. 2.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
3. 3.You did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brought
4. 4.I did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) danced
5. 5.She did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swim (d) swimming
6. 6.They ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) will clap (c) have clapped (d) clap
7. 7.You did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) made
8. 8.Diya ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builds (b) builded (c) built (d) will build
9. 9.Ira ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) tells (c) telled (d) will tell
10. 10.The children ___ the dishes last week. (a) washed (b) will wash (c) have washed (d) wash
11. 11.He did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) washed
12. 12.___ she study science yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
13. 13.He ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) washed (c) will wash (d) has washed
14. 14.He did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throw (b) throws (c) threw (d) throwing
15. 15.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
16. 16.___ the students tell a story last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
17. 17.___ my friends send a message last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.She ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) washed (c) will wash (d) has washed
19. 19.I ___ a story yesterday. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
20. 20.___ my brother bake a cake two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
21. 21.Kunal did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studies (c) studied (d) studying
22. 22.___ the children eat a mango yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
23. 23.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swimmed (d) swum
24. 24.Kabir ___ a tree last week. (a) has planted (b) planted (c) plants (d) will plant
25. 25.They did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baking (b) bake (c) baked (d) bakes
26. 26.___ she fly a kite in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
27. 27.I did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaned
28. 28.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking
29. 29.He did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
30. 30.You ___ science yesterday. (a) have studied (b) studied (c) study (d) will study
31. 31.He ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinked (b) drinks (c) drank (d) will drink
32. 32.My sister did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) feed
33. 33.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) threw
34. 34.Omkar ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dances (b) danced (c) has danced (d) will dance
35. 35.She did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helping (b) helped (c) help (d) helps
36. 36.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
37. 37.I did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
38. 38.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
39. 39.My cousins did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbed
40. 40.Aarav did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) write (c) writes (d) writing

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