Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 584 · 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 did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) clean
2. 2.___ you write a letter last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
3. 3.___ my brother run in the park two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.You did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speak
5. 5.We did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planting (b) plants (c) planted (d) plant
6. 6.They ___ a picture yesterday. (a) will draw (b) drew (c) drawed (d) draw
7. 7.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) speaking
8. 8.They did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) ate
9. 9.I did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carried (d) carries
10. 10.We did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writes (b) writing (c) write (d) wrote
11. 11.My friends ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) catch (d) caught
12. 12.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
13. 13.You ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) help (d) helped
14. 14.She ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) has carried (c) carries (d) will carry
15. 15.___ he run in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
16. 16.We did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drawing (b) drew (c) draws (d) draw
17. 17.___ he speak Hindi last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
19. 19.Aisha ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will run (b) runned (c) runs (d) ran
20. 20.___ Neel clap for the team two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.My parents ___ the match last Sunday. (a) won (b) win (c) winned (d) will win
22. 22.My brother ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bakes (b) has baked (c) baked (d) will bake
23. 23.My brother ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rides (d) rided
24. 24.They ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) will write (d) write
25. 25.___ Vivaan bring lunch yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.___ she clean the room last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
27. 27.They ___ a message yesterday. (a) send (b) sended (c) sent (d) will send
28. 28.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writed (d) writing
29. 29.She ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will run (b) ran (c) runs (d) runned
30. 30.___ they play cricket yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
31. 31.___ they swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
32. 32.___ I make tea in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.___ we feed the dog yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
34. 34.My brother ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) will build (b) built (c) builds (d) builded
35. 35.___ the children bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
36. 36.They ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) bought (b) buy (c) will buy (d) buyed
37. 37.Zoya did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) clean
38. 38.You did not ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) took
39. 39.Pooja ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) will clean
40. 40.Rohan did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) going (c) go (d) goes

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