Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 754 · 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.He did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) takes (c) took (d) taking
2. 2.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
3. 3.___ she draw a picture two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.He did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) fed
5. 5.She ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) writes (c) writed (d) wrote
6. 6.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drawing
7. 7.Ananya did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draw
8. 8.You ___ a message last week. (a) sended (b) will send (c) sent (d) send
9. 9.___ my parents cook rice in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
10. 10.You ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) went (c) goed (d) will go
11. 11.We ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) have studied (c) will study (d) studied
12. 12.The children ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) help (c) have helped (d) will help
13. 13.I ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speak (b) speaked (c) will speak (d) spoke
14. 14.They did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
15. 15.She did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feed
16. 16.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flyed (c) flew (d) flown
17. 17.Sneha did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writing (b) wrote (c) write (d) writes
18. 18.We ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) have helped (b) will help (c) help (d) helped
19. 19.We did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak (d) spoke
20. 20.The students ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) have danced (b) will dance (c) dance (d) danced
21. 21.He did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) wins (b) win (c) won (d) winning
22. 22.___ you draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
23. 23.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
24. 24.I did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
25. 25.___ Riya climb a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
26. 26.They did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
27. 27.My parents ___ a story two days ago. (a) telled (b) told (c) tell (d) will tell
28. 28.We ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) build (b) builded (c) will build (d) built
29. 29.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
30. 30.___ they speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
31. 31.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
32. 32.My brother ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeded
33. 33.My brother did not ___ the ball last week. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throw (d) throwing
34. 34.He did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) sings (c) singing (d) sing
35. 35.___ Neel watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.___ they jog in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
37. 37.Yash ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) will build (b) builded (c) built (d) builds
38. 38.___ they win the match two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
39. 39.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) running (d) run
40. 40.My brother ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) will tell (c) tells (d) telled

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