Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 604 · 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 carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
2. 2.___ my brother swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
3. 3.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
4. 4.___ she play cricket in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
5. 5.He did not ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) send (c) sends (d) sending
6. 6.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
7. 7.The children ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) fly (b) will fly (c) flew (d) flyed
8. 8.Neel did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) goes (b) going (c) went (d) go
9. 9.They ___ a tree in 2023. (a) will climb (b) climbed (c) climb (d) have climbed
10. 10.___ my brother study science in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
11. 11.She ___ a mango last week. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) eats
12. 12.We did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draw
13. 13.___ my parents bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
14. 14.___ we cook rice two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.Dev ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watched (b) has watched (c) will watch (d) watches
16. 16.She ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) will make (c) maked (d) makes
17. 17.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
18. 18.My friends ___ to school last week. (a) go (b) will go (c) goed (d) went
19. 19.Tara did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speak
20. 20.She did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) climbing (d) climb
21. 21.___ she buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
22. 22.___ they study science last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
23. 23.The students ___ a message yesterday. (a) sended (b) sent (c) will send (d) send
24. 24.___ you run in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.My cousins ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) wash (b) have washed (c) will wash (d) washed
26. 26.He did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) bake (c) baking (d) bakes
27. 27.She ___ a song yesterday. (a) has sung (b) will sing (c) sang (d) sings
28. 28.___ she wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
29. 29.My brother did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) baking (c) bake (d) bakes
30. 30.You did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planting (b) plant (c) planted (d) plants
31. 31.My brother ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builded (b) will build (c) builds (d) built
32. 32.I ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) have watched (b) will watch (c) watch (d) watched
33. 33.She did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flying (b) flies (c) flew (d) fly
34. 34.He ___ to school in 2023. (a) will go (b) goed (c) goes (d) went
35. 35.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
36. 36.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) ate (d) eated
37. 37.My sister ___ a message yesterday. (a) sended (b) sent (c) will send (d) sends
38. 38.___ he jog in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
39. 39.She did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
40. 40.___ Yash feed the dog last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did

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