Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 597 · 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 ___ for the team yesterday. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) clapped
2. 2.My brother ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eats (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eated
3. 3.___ my brother climb a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
4. 4.She did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaks
5. 5.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
6. 6.We ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flew (b) will fly (c) fly (d) flyed
7. 7.___ Ananya throw the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
8. 8.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runned
9. 9.___ Tara wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
10. 10.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
11. 11.___ Isha tell a story two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.___ we catch the ball yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
13. 13.___ she dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.Saanvi did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
15. 15.You ___ a story two days ago. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) told (d) telled
16. 16.He did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feed (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feeds
17. 17.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
18. 18.The students ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telled (b) told (c) will tell (d) tell
19. 19.You did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
20. 20.We ___ a kite last week. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) fly (d) flew
21. 21.You did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
22. 22.She ___ the dog yesterday. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeded (d) feeds
23. 23.You ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speak (b) will speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
24. 24.They did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carried (d) carries
25. 25.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
26. 26.___ he draw a picture two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.We did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) buying (c) bought (d) buy
28. 28.Myra did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
29. 29.You ___ the match in 2023. (a) win (b) will win (c) winned (d) won
30. 30.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
31. 31.They ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) have carried (b) carried (c) carry (d) will carry
32. 32.You ___ a song in 2023. (a) will sing (b) sing (c) have sung (d) sang
33. 33.Kabir did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) going (b) goes (c) go (d) went
34. 34.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
35. 35.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swam
36. 36.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drew
37. 37.You did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) flew (c) flying (d) fly
38. 38.My brother did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eat (d) eats
39. 39.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
40. 40.I ___ a song last week. (a) sing (b) have sung (c) will sing (d) sang

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