Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 619 · 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.___ I win the match in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
2. 2.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
3. 3.Zoya did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) plants (c) plant (d) planting
4. 4.Ananya did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapped
5. 5.Yash ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studies
6. 6.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
7. 7.___ you catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
8. 8.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eating (d) eaten
9. 9.My parents did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) runs (b) running (c) ran (d) run
10. 10.She ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rides (b) rided (c) will ride (d) rode
11. 11.___ Ananya climb a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
12. 12.___ Yash wash the dishes last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
13. 13.I did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feed
14. 14.She did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaned (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
15. 15.She ___ tea two days ago. (a) maked (b) makes (c) will make (d) made
16. 16.___ Meera eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
17. 17.We ___ in the park last week. (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) will run
18. 18.I ___ the room last week. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) have cleaned
19. 19.We ___ the bag last week. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) will carry (d) carried
20. 20.They did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eating (b) eats (c) ate (d) eat
21. 21.___ Yash go to school last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
22. 22.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) speaking
23. 23.We ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) catched (c) will catch (d) caught
24. 24.My brother did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) building (c) builds (d) build
25. 25.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
26. 26.___ we help Grandma in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
27. 27.Meera ___ the ball last week. (a) catches (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catched
28. 28.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
29. 29.___ I throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
30. 30.My brother ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) weared (b) wears (c) will wear (d) wore
31. 31.___ you take the train last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
32. 32.They ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) sing (d) have sung
33. 33.Dev did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) buys (c) bought (d) buying
34. 34.Karan did not ___ a message last week. (a) sending (b) sent (c) send (d) sends
35. 35.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flew
36. 36.They did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) playing (b) played (c) plays (d) play
37. 37.I ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) will eat
38. 38.We ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) rided (c) will ride (d) ride
39. 39.You ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) have studied (c) study (d) studied
40. 40.___ she clap for the team in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does

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