Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 595 · 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 write a letter two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
2. 2.___ my brother play cricket two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
3. 3.She did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
4. 4.Aarav did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planting (b) plant (c) planted (d) plants
5. 5.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
6. 6.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
7. 7.We did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wearing (d) wear
8. 8.___ I swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
9. 9.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
10. 10.The students did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) wins (b) won (c) win (d) winning
11. 11.We did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flew (b) flying (c) flies (d) fly
12. 12.Nisha ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) runned (c) will run (d) runs
13. 13.___ my friends plant a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
14. 14.My brother did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) goes (b) going (c) went (d) go
15. 15.I did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) bought (c) buys (d) buy
16. 16.Rahul ___ the room two days ago. (a) has cleaned (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) will clean
17. 17.___ you carry the bag two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drank
19. 19.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flyed (c) flown (d) flew
20. 20.Arjun did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
21. 21.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) taked (d) took
22. 22.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) weared (d) wore
23. 23.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
24. 24.He ___ a song in 2023. (a) will sing (b) has sung (c) sings (d) sang
25. 25.Karan did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) bought
26. 26.___ you jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
27. 27.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawed
28. 28.Manav did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) building (b) built (c) build (d) builds
29. 29.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) have planted (d) plant
30. 30.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) went (c) goed (d) going
31. 31.We ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) will jog (d) have jogged
32. 32.___ I jog in the park yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
33. 33.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
34. 34.My sister did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feed
35. 35.Pooja ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has planted (b) will plant (c) plants (d) planted
36. 36.My cousins did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draw
37. 37.She ___ a story two days ago. (a) will tell (b) told (c) tells (d) telled
38. 38.They ___ a story yesterday. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
39. 39.I ___ a song last Sunday. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) sing (d) have sung
40. 40.My sister ___ a song last week. (a) will sing (b) sings (c) has sung (d) sang

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