Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 583 · 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.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
2. 2.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
3. 3.Ananya did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baked
4. 4.He did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
5. 5.My cousins ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) will play (c) have played (d) play
6. 6.I ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flew (b) will fly (c) flyed (d) fly
7. 7.The students did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watched (d) watch
8. 8.Saanvi ___ tea yesterday. (a) will make (b) makes (c) made (d) maked
9. 9.My cousins ___ the bag two days ago. (a) will carry (b) carry (c) carried (d) have carried
10. 10.___ you play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
11. 11.___ he swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.She ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) will play (c) has played (d) played
13. 13.The students ___ a message last Sunday. (a) send (b) sended (c) sent (d) will send
14. 14.Kavya ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eats
15. 15.He ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has planted (b) plants (c) planted (d) will plant
16. 16.___ Yash sing a song last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.___ you bake a cake two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.___ my brother watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
19. 19.My parents did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) draw (d) drew
20. 20.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
21. 21.___ she clap for the team two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
22. 22.___ I clap for the team last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.___ she drink milk yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
24. 24.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) ate (d) eaten
25. 25.___ they take the train last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
26. 26.___ you go to school last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.They did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
28. 28.Dev did not ___ a story last week. (a) tells (b) told (c) tell (d) telling
29. 29.She ___ the ball last week. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throwed (d) will throw
30. 30.She did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sending (b) send (c) sent (d) sends
31. 31.They ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eated (b) eat (c) will eat (d) ate
32. 32.They did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
33. 33.___ you plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
35. 35.He ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) will build (b) builds (c) builded (d) built
36. 36.___ my friends dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
37. 37.He ___ on the stage last week. (a) has danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dances
38. 38.___ Priya study science yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
39. 39.I did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) told
40. 40.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought

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