Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 678 · 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.Meera ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) will bring (c) brings (d) bringed
2. 2.Riya ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) has baked (c) will bake (d) baked
3. 3.___ Meera bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.The children did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speak
5. 5.They did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buy (d) buying
6. 6.We ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
7. 7.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wore (d) wearing
8. 8.___ he play cricket two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
9. 9.___ Arjun fly a kite yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.She ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) will cook (d) has cooked
11. 11.___ we buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
12. 12.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) wrote (d) writing
13. 13.You ___ a tree in 2023. (a) have planted (b) plant (c) will plant (d) planted
14. 14.My sister did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) washed
15. 15.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) have climbed (b) will climb (c) climb (d) climbed
16. 16.Arjun did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runs
17. 17.___ I wear a cap two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
18. 18.She ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) will catch (c) catches (d) catched
19. 19.You did not ___ science last week. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) studied
20. 20.___ Ira fly a kite two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
21. 21.You ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swim (d) swimmed
22. 22.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) taked (d) took
23. 23.I ___ tea yesterday. (a) will make (b) made (c) make (d) maked
24. 24.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
25. 25.You did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) drawing (c) draw (d) draws
26. 26.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drawn (d) drew
27. 27.They ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) will cook
28. 28.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
29. 29.___ they cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
30. 30.He ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) will cook
31. 31.___ my brother play cricket two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
32. 32.___ we watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
33. 33.You ___ the train in 2023. (a) will take (b) take (c) taked (d) took
34. 34.Tara did not ___ lunch last week. (a) bring (b) brought (c) brings (d) bringing
35. 35.Dev ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) cooks
36. 36.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
37. 37.They did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speak
38. 38.___ my brother go to school two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
39. 39.My sister ___ a story yesterday. (a) will tell (b) tells (c) told (d) telled
40. 40.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught

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