Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 606 · 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.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
2. 2.___ you fly a kite in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
3. 3.___ he help Grandma last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
4. 4.He did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbing (b) climbed (c) climb (d) climbs
5. 5.I did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swam
6. 6.He did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
7. 7.The students ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) will jog
8. 8.I did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
9. 9.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taken (d) taking
10. 10.We did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) speaks (d) spoke
11. 11.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
12. 12.___ they build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
13. 13.You ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watch (d) have watched
14. 14.I ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) fed (c) feeded (d) will feed
15. 15.My sister ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) has carried (c) carried (d) carries
16. 16.We ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helped (b) will help (c) have helped (d) help
17. 17.___ he buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
18. 18.___ the students bake a cake yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
19. 19.My sister ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washed
20. 20.Nisha ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) will carry (c) has carried (d) carried
21. 21.You did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) drew
22. 22.Riya did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) climbing (d) climb
23. 23.You did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) studied
24. 24.Zoya ___ vegetables last week. (a) buyed (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buys
25. 25.He did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooked
26. 26.My brother did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) draw (d) drew
27. 27.You did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
28. 28.We ___ a cake yesterday. (a) have baked (b) will bake (c) bake (d) baked
29. 29.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
30. 30.___ my sister catch the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
31. 31.I ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) have played (b) play (c) played (d) will play
32. 32.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoke
33. 33.___ we wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
34. 34.My parents ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) studied (c) will study (d) have studied
35. 35.My brother ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will run (b) runned (c) ran (d) runs
36. 36.The students did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) cleans
37. 37.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
38. 38.Priya ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has climbed (b) climbed (c) will climb (d) climbs
39. 39.He did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
40. 40.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) wearing (d) weared

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