Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 717 · 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.We did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flying (b) flew (c) flies (d) fly
2. 2.Arjun ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) will send (c) sended (d) sent
3. 3.___ I plant a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.___ Arjun study science last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
5. 5.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
6. 6.We did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swam (d) swims
7. 7.Dev did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
8. 8.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drunk
9. 9.We ___ tea two days ago. (a) will make (b) maked (c) make (d) made
10. 10.___ we catch the ball yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
11. 11.Karan did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaking
12. 12.The children ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will climb (b) climb (c) climbed (d) have climbed
13. 13.We ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) have washed (b) wash (c) will wash (d) washed
14. 14.___ we carry the bag in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.___ we jog in the park in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
16. 16.Aarav did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) tells (c) tell (d) telling
17. 17.We did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draw
18. 18.___ my cousins watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
19. 19.Sneha did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eat (b) ate (c) eating (d) eats
20. 20.They ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) have jogged (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) jog
21. 21.My brother ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) has cleaned
22. 22.My sister ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watches (c) will watch (d) has watched
23. 23.___ my brother help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.___ they win the match last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.She ___ science last week. (a) will study (b) studies (c) has studied (d) studied
26. 26.___ my brother dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
27. 27.We ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watch (d) watched
28. 28.We did not ___ the match last week. (a) wins (b) winning (c) won (d) win
29. 29.My cousins ___ a song last week. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sing (d) sang
30. 30.Aditya ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) builded (c) will build (d) built
31. 31.Myra did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sang (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
32. 32.___ he buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.___ she carry the bag yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
35. 35.___ she speak Hindi last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.Vivaan ___ the ball last week. (a) catched (b) catches (c) caught (d) will catch
37. 37.My friends did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) dances (c) danced (d) dancing
38. 38.They did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bring (b) bringing (c) brings (d) brought
39. 39.He ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) throwed (c) will throw (d) threw
40. 40.She did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builds (b) built (c) build (d) building

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