Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 725 · 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.You did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carried
2. 2.___ my cousins buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
3. 3.Pooja did not ___ a cake last week. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) baking (d) bake
4. 4.I ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throw (b) will throw (c) throwed (d) threw
5. 5.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) spoken
6. 6.We did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catching (b) caught (c) catch (d) catches
7. 7.My cousins did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helping (c) helps (d) helped
8. 8.We did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swim (d) swimming
9. 9.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
10. 10.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) ate (d) eated
11. 11.They ___ the dishes last week. (a) have washed (b) wash (c) washed (d) will wash
12. 12.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) threw (d) thrown
13. 13.___ he sing a song two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
14. 14.___ the children study science last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
15. 15.___ he win the match yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
16. 16.She ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builds (b) will build (c) built (d) builded
17. 17.They did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaks
18. 18.My friends ___ science last week. (a) study (b) have studied (c) will study (d) studied
19. 19.My friends ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) have helped (b) helped (c) will help (d) help
20. 20.___ Tara catch the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
21. 21.___ she plant a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
22. 22.___ you make tea two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
23. 23.She did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
24. 24.___ my sister bake a cake two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
25. 25.She ___ tea in 2023. (a) will make (b) makes (c) made (d) maked
26. 26.We did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaks
27. 27.She did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) watched
28. 28.Kabir ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) throws
29. 29.___ we help Grandma two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
30. 30.She ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) will buy (b) bought (c) buyed (d) buys
31. 31.Ishaan did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watched (d) watch
32. 32.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
33. 33.___ Arjun watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
34. 34.I did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleaned
35. 35.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
36. 36.You did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cooking
37. 37.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
38. 38.___ the children bring lunch in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
39. 39.___ Ishaan ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
40. 40.___ the students cook rice in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does

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