Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 720 · 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.___ I take the train yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
2. 2.___ my brother climb a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
3. 3.I did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feed
4. 4.He did not ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sent (c) send (d) sending
5. 5.My friends ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sing (b) sang (c) will sing (d) have sung
6. 6.We did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eat (d) eats
7. 7.___ he carry the bag last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
8. 8.___ Arjun drink milk last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) rode (c) riding (d) ridden
10. 10.I ___ a story yesterday. (a) tell (b) told (c) telled (d) will tell
11. 11.___ he speak Hindi last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
12. 12.They ___ a message last Sunday. (a) will send (b) sent (c) send (d) sended
13. 13.He ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helped (b) has helped (c) will help (d) helps
14. 14.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) weared (c) wearing (d) worn
15. 15.We did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) played
16. 16.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
17. 17.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) taked (d) took
18. 18.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
19. 19.My brother ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) writes (d) writed
20. 20.He ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washed
21. 21.She ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buys (d) will buy
22. 22.___ we cook rice yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.My brother ___ the room last Sunday. (a) has cleaned (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) will clean
24. 24.Aditya did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) clean
25. 25.Ishaan ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) has cleaned (d) cleans
26. 26.___ we wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
27. 27.___ you write a letter yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
28. 28.Omkar ___ the dog in 2023. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeded (d) feeds
29. 29.We did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
30. 30.Arjun ___ the dog last week. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) will feed (d) feeded
31. 31.They did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) drank (c) drinks (d) drinking
32. 32.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
33. 33.I ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) will play (b) play (c) have played (d) played
34. 34.___ he go to school last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
35. 35.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
36. 36.Aarav ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feeds
37. 37.___ she win the match yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
38. 38.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) ran (c) will run (d) runned
39. 39.___ I study science yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
40. 40.My sister ___ on the stage last week. (a) will dance (b) dances (c) danced (d) has danced

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