Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 6 · 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 friends throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
2. 2.Tara did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) planting (c) plant (d) planted
3. 3.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
4. 4.You ___ a story in 2023. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) telled (d) told
5. 5.He ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carried (b) will carry (c) has carried (d) carries
6. 6.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) weared (c) worn (d) wore
7. 7.___ my sister wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
8. 8.___ he jog in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
9. 9.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eated
10. 10.My friends did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) built
11. 11.___ my brother fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
12. 12.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
13. 13.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
14. 14.My sister ___ cricket last week. (a) will play (b) has played (c) plays (d) played
15. 15.___ I feed the dog last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
16. 16.Rohan ___ science last week. (a) will study (b) has studied (c) studies (d) studied
17. 17.___ my brother swim in the pool last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
18. 18.The children did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
19. 19.My friends did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clap (d) clapping
20. 20.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) ran (d) run
21. 21.I did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) wrote
22. 22.Kunal ___ milk last week. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) drinked (d) will drink
23. 23.You did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buys (b) buy (c) bought (d) buying
24. 24.Kabir did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
25. 25.My cousins did not ___ cricket last week. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) played
26. 26.___ she draw a picture two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
27. 27.My brother did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flies (b) flying (c) flew (d) fly
28. 28.___ they cook rice in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
29. 29.I did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baked
30. 30.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
31. 31.The students did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) sang
32. 32.I ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) drew
33. 33.Myra ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) throws (d) threw
34. 34.We did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches (d) watching
35. 35.___ you cook rice last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
36. 36.They ___ the room two days ago. (a) will clean (b) have cleaned (c) clean (d) cleaned
37. 37.We ___ in the park last week. (a) runned (b) run (c) ran (d) will run
38. 38.I did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) won (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
39. 39.___ my cousins wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
40. 40.Zoya did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) building (c) build (d) builds

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