Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 731 · 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 did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) clap (d) claps
2. 2.Sneha ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) has watched (d) watches
3. 3.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rode (d) rided
4. 4.Neel ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drew (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) draws
5. 5.You did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
6. 6.My cousins ___ a message in 2023. (a) will send (b) sent (c) sended (d) send
7. 7.The students did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) fed
8. 8.Sneha did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climb
9. 9.___ my sister take the train last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
10. 10.She ___ a song two days ago. (a) will sing (b) sings (c) has sung (d) sang
11. 11.She ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) will carry (c) carries (d) has carried
12. 12.___ you sing a song two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
13. 13.___ he cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
14. 14.___ my friends ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
15. 15.I ___ milk in 2023. (a) will drink (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drink
16. 16.___ Omkar clean the room in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
17. 17.My parents ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) will plant (c) have planted (d) planted
18. 18.They ___ a tree two days ago. (a) have planted (b) will plant (c) plant (d) planted
19. 19.I did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brought
20. 20.I did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleans
21. 21.Aarav did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) cleaning
22. 22.My sister ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) will play (c) has played (d) played
23. 23.___ my brother tell a story yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
24. 24.___ we cook rice yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
25. 25.We ___ the ball in 2023. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) throw
26. 26.They ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) studied (c) will study (d) have studied
27. 27.___ my sister cook rice two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
28. 28.___ the students ride a bicycle last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
29. 29.___ you carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
30. 30.Rahul did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helps (c) helped (d) helping
31. 31.You ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writed (b) wrote (c) will write (d) write
32. 32.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swimmed (d) swum
33. 33.___ my cousins go to school two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
34. 34.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
35. 35.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
36. 36.My cousins ___ the train yesterday. (a) will take (b) taked (c) take (d) took
37. 37.You ___ a song yesterday. (a) sing (b) sang (c) will sing (d) have sung
38. 38.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) taken (d) took
39. 39.My brother ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rided (b) rides (c) will ride (d) rode
40. 40.___ I run in the park two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do

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