Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 651 · 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 ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) will clean (d) cleans
2. 2.___ my parents sing a song last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
3. 3.___ she build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.___ they swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
5. 5.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
6. 6.I ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) studied (c) have studied (d) will study
7. 7.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drunk
8. 8.We ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) will study (d) study
9. 9.We ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throwed
10. 10.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swum
11. 11.___ Isha draw a picture two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
12. 12.I did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
13. 13.The students did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
14. 14.My brother did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writing (b) write (c) wrote (d) writes
15. 15.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writing (d) writed
16. 16.Arjun did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding (d) fed
17. 17.Myra ___ to school in 2023. (a) goed (b) will go (c) went (d) goes
18. 18.My parents did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dance (d) dances
19. 19.___ I go to school last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
20. 20.You ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
21. 21.You did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watching (b) watched (c) watches (d) watch
22. 22.He ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) cooks
23. 23.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
24. 24.My brother did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sings (b) sing (c) singing (d) sang
25. 25.___ you run in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
26. 26.___ they help Grandma two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.You did not ___ science last week. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) studied
28. 28.Kabir ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) has cleaned (c) will clean (d) cleaned
29. 29.___ we climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.I did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swims
31. 31.We did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) played
32. 32.I ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) watched (c) will watch (d) have watched
33. 33.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
34. 34.He did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carried
35. 35.Saanvi did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) clean
36. 36.We did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dance (d) dancing
37. 37.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) gone (d) going
38. 38.___ you take the train last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
39. 39.Aisha ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) ran (b) runned (c) will run (d) runs
40. 40.___ you throw the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did

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