Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 733 · 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.Dev did not ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) bought
2. 2.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drawed
3. 3.My sister did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) drawing (c) draws (d) draw
4. 4.___ he sing a song last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.Zoya ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) has cooked (d) will cook
6. 6.Kavya did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) wrote
7. 7.You ___ lunch yesterday. (a) will bring (b) bringed (c) bring (d) brought
8. 8.___ Aisha cook rice last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.Kavya ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) has watched (b) watched (c) watches (d) will watch
10. 10.She ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goes (b) will go (c) goed (d) went
11. 11.My sister did not ___ the ball last week. (a) throw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) threw
12. 12.They ___ on the stage last week. (a) have danced (b) will dance (c) dance (d) danced
13. 13.I did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brings
14. 14.___ we build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
15. 15.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flown
16. 16.Kabir did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) sang
17. 17.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) ran (d) run
18. 18.___ I eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
19. 19.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoken
20. 20.___ Pooja wear a cap yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.You ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watch (c) have watched (d) watched
22. 22.___ Aditya write a letter yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
23. 23.My sister ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) will plant (c) planted (d) has planted
24. 24.We did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wear (b) wore (c) wearing (d) wears
25. 25.___ she write a letter yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
26. 26.___ Arjun buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.___ we clean the room last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
28. 28.___ Diya throw the ball in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
29. 29.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
30. 30.My friends did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) studied
31. 31.Kavya ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builded (b) builds (c) will build (d) built
32. 32.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taken (c) taked (d) taking
33. 33.___ we plant a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
34. 34.You did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) draw (d) drew
35. 35.___ my friends play cricket yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.She did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catching (b) catches (c) caught (d) catch
37. 37.I ___ the room in 2023. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) have cleaned
38. 38.I did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rode (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
39. 39.She ___ the ball last week. (a) throws (b) throwed (c) will throw (d) threw
40. 40.I ___ a picture last week. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) drew (d) draw

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