Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 758 · 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 tree last Sunday. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbing
2. 2.My brother did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
3. 3.___ you buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
4. 4.The students did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) plays (c) played (d) play
5. 5.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
6. 6.She did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throw (c) throws (d) throwing
7. 7.___ they wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
8. 8.___ my parents go to school last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
9. 9.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drawing
10. 10.My parents did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) builds (c) build (d) building
11. 11.He did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rides (d) rode
12. 12.___ Aarav help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.He ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) builded (c) will build (d) builds
14. 14.You ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) bought (b) buy (c) will buy (d) buyed
15. 15.My friends did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
16. 16.___ we clean the room two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
17. 17.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
18. 18.___ my brother clean the room last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.She ___ a kite last week. (a) flies (b) flew (c) flyed (d) will fly
20. 20.Neel did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) planted
21. 21.I did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding (d) fed
22. 22.They ___ a tree last week. (a) will climb (b) climbed (c) climb (d) have climbed
23. 23.She ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) will wash (b) washed (c) has washed (d) washes
24. 24.___ they help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
25. 25.___ they win the match two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
26. 26.My sister did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) tells (b) tell (c) told (d) telling
27. 27.The students ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
28. 28.___ Farhan plant a tree in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
29. 29.Vivaan ___ the room two days ago. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleans (d) cleaned
30. 30.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flew (d) flown
31. 31.___ my brother send a message last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
32. 32.He did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sending (d) send
33. 33.My friends ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catched (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catch
34. 34.We ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) wash (b) have washed (c) will wash (d) washed
35. 35.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
36. 36.I ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bring (b) brought (c) will bring (d) bringed
37. 37.You ___ a story two days ago. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) told (d) tell
38. 38.___ I ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.The children did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) taking (b) takes (c) took (d) take
40. 40.We did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helps (b) help (c) helped (d) helping

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