Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 591 · 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.My brother ___ a story last week. (a) telled (b) told (c) tells (d) will tell
2. 2.___ my brother speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
4. 4.The children ___ cricket in 2023. (a) play (b) played (c) have played (d) will play
5. 5.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) goed (d) went
6. 6.___ you cook rice two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
7. 7.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
8. 8.They ___ a tree last week. (a) have planted (b) planted (c) plant (d) will plant
9. 9.___ you catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
10. 10.I ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) eated (d) eat
11. 11.They did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) played
12. 12.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
13. 13.Karan did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writes (b) write (c) wrote (d) writing
14. 14.I did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
15. 15.___ he drink milk in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
16. 16.___ you speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.___ my brother go to school last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
18. 18.Omkar ___ a song last week. (a) sings (b) has sung (c) sang (d) will sing
19. 19.My cousins did not ___ a picture last week. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drawing (d) drew
20. 20.___ she jog in the park yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.___ I take the train yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
22. 22.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writing (d) writed
23. 23.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinking
24. 24.___ you go to school last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
25. 25.My sister ___ a picture two days ago. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) draws (d) drew
26. 26.My friends did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) told (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
27. 27.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eated (d) eating
28. 28.He did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
29. 29.___ I speak Hindi last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
30. 30.The children ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dance (b) will dance (c) have danced (d) danced
31. 31.Nisha ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writes (d) will write
32. 32.They ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) writed (c) write (d) wrote
33. 33.I did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throws
34. 34.___ my sister clap for the team two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
35. 35.___ I throw the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.He ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) has baked (c) baked (d) will bake
37. 37.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) runned (d) running
38. 38.___ I climb a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
39. 39.My brother ___ the room in 2023. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) cleans
40. 40.Isha ___ rice two days ago. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) cooks

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