Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 704 · 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 sister build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
2. 2.___ she throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
3. 3.___ they play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
5. 5.You did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eats (b) eat (c) eating (d) ate
6. 6.___ you watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.Rahul did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
8. 8.___ he play cricket last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
9. 9.You did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) cleans
10. 10.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
11. 11.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) run (d) running
12. 12.Neel ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) has played (b) plays (c) played (d) will play
13. 13.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
14. 14.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taken (c) taked (d) taking
15. 15.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) ate (d) eaten
16. 16.___ my friends watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
17. 17.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinked
18. 18.___ I clean the room last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
19. 19.The children did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleans
20. 20.I ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) watch (c) watched (d) have watched
21. 21.She did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) washed
22. 22.My sister did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
23. 23.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) goed (c) went (d) gone
24. 24.My parents did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
25. 25.They did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
26. 26.___ he jog in the park yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.We ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) will clean (d) clean
28. 28.___ my sister drink milk yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
29. 29.They ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) sing (c) have sung (d) will sing
30. 30.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) writed (d) wrote
31. 31.I ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) drew (c) drawed (d) will draw
32. 32.___ we swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.___ my brother play cricket in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.___ you clean the room yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
35. 35.We ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) draw (d) drawed
36. 36.I ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catch
37. 37.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swimming
38. 38.They ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) help (c) have helped (d) will help
39. 39.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) spoke
40. 40.You did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planting (d) planted

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