Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 647 · 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.Rohan did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) fly (b) flew (c) flying (d) flies
2. 2.They did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) clap
3. 3.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking
4. 4.She did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) making (b) makes (c) made (d) make
5. 5.Riya ___ a letter last week. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) writes (d) writed
6. 6.___ I plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
7. 7.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) writed (c) wrote (d) written
8. 8.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
9. 9.___ Arjun carry the bag last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.___ they catch the ball in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
11. 11.___ we go to school yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.Neel ___ cricket yesterday. (a) has played (b) played (c) will play (d) plays
13. 13.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
14. 14.The students ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) have cleaned
15. 15.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runned
16. 16.___ he buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
17. 17.He ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) drew (c) will draw (d) draws
18. 18.___ she swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
19. 19.___ I bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
20. 20.My sister did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) send (c) sending (d) sends
21. 21.___ he catch the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
22. 22.___ we plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
23. 23.___ I swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
24. 24.I did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washing (d) washed
25. 25.I did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
26. 26.You did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) sent
27. 27.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) took (d) taking
28. 28.We did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carried (d) carry
29. 29.He ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) has watched (c) watches (d) watched
30. 30.You did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) going (b) goes (c) went (d) go
31. 31.___ my sister bring lunch yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
32. 32.They did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washing (d) washed
33. 33.He ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) will throw (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throws
34. 34.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinking
35. 35.I did not ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
36. 36.___ we clean the room in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
37. 37.They did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches (d) watching
38. 38.They did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) climb (d) climbing
39. 39.___ he drink milk two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned

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