Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 660 · 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.He did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) fed (d) feeding
2. 2.Myra ___ on the stage last week. (a) will dance (b) dances (c) has danced (d) danced
3. 3.My brother ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) wore (c) will wear (d) weared
4. 4.My friends did not ___ milk last week. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) drank (d) drinking
5. 5.She did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swim (b) swam (c) swims (d) swimming
6. 6.You ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) have planted (c) plant (d) will plant
7. 7.They did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sending (b) send (c) sent (d) sends
8. 8.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
9. 9.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taken (d) taking
10. 10.My parents ___ the dog last week. (a) will feed (b) feed (c) feeded (d) fed
11. 11.Kabir did not ___ in the park last week. (a) runs (b) running (c) run (d) ran
12. 12.They ___ a message yesterday. (a) will send (b) sent (c) send (d) sended
13. 13.___ my parents wear a cap two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swimming
15. 15.I did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogging
16. 16.___ my brother drink milk last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
17. 17.___ my brother clean the room two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.We ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
19. 19.She did not ___ cricket last week. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) played
20. 20.They ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) speak (d) will speak
21. 21.___ we build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
22. 22.He ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) will build (c) builds (d) builded
23. 23.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
24. 24.He ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carries (c) has carried (d) will carry
25. 25.___ I clean the room yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
26. 26.___ I speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) wrote (d) written
28. 28.You ___ rice last Sunday. (a) have cooked (b) cook (c) will cook (d) cooked
29. 29.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
30. 30.___ I jog in the park yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
31. 31.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flew
32. 32.___ she clean the room last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
33. 33.___ they study science two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
34. 34.She ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) will plant (c) has planted (d) planted
35. 35.___ she buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
36. 36.You ___ a story in 2023. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) told (d) tell
37. 37.I did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speak
38. 38.I did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinking (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drank
39. 39.They did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) watched
40. 40.We did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) bought

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