Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 757 · 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.My parents did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) send (b) sending (c) sent (d) sends
2. 2.You ___ a kite in 2023. (a) will fly (b) fly (c) flyed (d) flew
3. 3.My parents did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carried
4. 4.___ Myra send a message yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
5. 5.She did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watching (b) watched (c) watches (d) watch
6. 6.They did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) washed (c) wash (d) washing
7. 7.I did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
8. 8.They did not ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
9. 9.___ he buy vegetables last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
10. 10.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speaked
11. 11.___ I plant a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
12. 12.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
13. 13.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) run (c) running (d) runned
14. 14.You did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooked
15. 15.My brother did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telling (b) tells (c) tell (d) told
16. 16.___ we go to school yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
17. 17.She did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) studied
18. 18.Isha ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flies (b) flyed (c) flew (d) will fly
19. 19.___ Ishaan cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.We ___ Hindi last week. (a) will speak (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaked
21. 21.___ Priya draw a picture yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
22. 22.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
23. 23.___ he write a letter last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
24. 24.She ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) writed (c) wrote (d) will write
25. 25.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drinking
26. 26.___ she drink milk yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
27. 27.Neel ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swims (d) will swim
28. 28.She did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) ran (b) run (c) runs (d) running
29. 29.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
30. 30.She did not ___ the ball last week. (a) threw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) throw
31. 31.___ she plant a tree last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
32. 32.___ we buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
33. 33.___ Meera catch the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
34. 34.___ she clean the room yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
35. 35.They did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwing (b) throw (c) throws (d) threw
36. 36.She ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) has baked (c) baked (d) bakes
37. 37.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
38. 38.She did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sent (b) send (c) sends (d) sending
39. 39.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) went (d) going
40. 40.___ Manav send a message yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do

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