Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 743 · 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.Omkar ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) has cleaned
2. 2.The students ___ the room two days ago. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) clean
3. 3.___ you plant a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
4. 4.___ Manav watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
5. 5.I did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) telling (c) tells (d) tell
6. 6.___ he send a message yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
7. 7.I did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buying (b) buys (c) bought (d) buy
8. 8.___ Yash play cricket yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
9. 9.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
10. 10.My brother ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) will jog (c) has jogged (d) jogged
11. 11.___ I clean the room last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
12. 12.They did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) washed
13. 13.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
14. 14.My parents did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) ran (c) runs (d) running
15. 15.___ she throw the ball last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
16. 16.___ he go to school last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
17. 17.I ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) will study (c) study (d) have studied
18. 18.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) running
19. 19.I did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) bake (d) baked
20. 20.My friends did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) going (b) go (c) went (d) goes
21. 21.___ you cook rice yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
22. 22.My sister did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writing (b) writes (c) wrote (d) write
23. 23.You did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) running (c) runs (d) ran
24. 24.___ Farhan cook rice two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.My friends ___ rice yesterday. (a) have cooked (b) cooked (c) will cook (d) cook
26. 26.She ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swims
27. 27.My brother ___ a picture last week. (a) will draw (b) draws (c) drawed (d) drew
28. 28.She ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
29. 29.I ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) will build (b) builded (c) built (d) build
30. 30.She did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climb
31. 31.They did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brought
32. 32.He did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speaking
33. 33.My brother ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eats (b) eated (c) ate (d) will eat
34. 34.We ___ vegetables last week. (a) buy (b) buyed (c) will buy (d) bought
35. 35.He did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
36. 36.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) going (d) goed
37. 37.He ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) has climbed (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) will climb
38. 38.She did not ___ the ball last week. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catches (d) catch
39. 39.We ___ Grandma last week. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) help (d) helped
40. 40.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned

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