Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 640 · 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.We did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carried
2. 2.You did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
3. 3.Yash did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) riding (c) ride (d) rode
4. 4.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
5. 5.___ we help Grandma yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
6. 6.They ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) will bring (c) bring (d) bringed
7. 7.We did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
8. 8.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaked
9. 9.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) thrown (c) throwed (d) threw
10. 10.He ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) studies (c) has studied (d) will study
11. 11.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
12. 12.They did not ___ the train last week. (a) takes (b) taking (c) took (d) take
13. 13.___ Dev buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
14. 14.You ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cook (d) cooked
15. 15.___ they buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.He ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watched (c) will watch (d) has watched
17. 17.___ we take the train two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
19. 19.She did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) dances (c) danced (d) dancing
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) writed (d) written
21. 21.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
22. 22.___ Aisha write a letter last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.___ Manav go to school yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.___ my brother make tea in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.I did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planting (b) plants (c) planted (d) plant
26. 26.Priya did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) winning (b) win (c) won (d) wins
27. 27.The children ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) will study (c) studied (d) have studied
28. 28.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) worn (c) weared (d) wore
29. 29.You did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooks
30. 30.My brother did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) played (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
31. 31.The children ___ lunch last week. (a) bring (b) will bring (c) brought (d) bringed
32. 32.___ she take the train two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
34. 34.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) goed (d) gone
35. 35.I ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) have watched (b) watch (c) watched (d) will watch
36. 36.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
37. 37.___ I write a letter last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
39. 39.We did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
40. 40.Priya ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carries (b) carried (c) has carried (d) will carry

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