Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 765 · 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.___ we run in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
2. 2.They did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) wins (b) win (c) won (d) winning
3. 3.___ Aisha fly a kite last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flew (d) flying
5. 5.Farhan ___ a mango yesterday. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eated (d) eats
6. 6.___ he buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
7. 7.Kavya did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baking (b) baked (c) bakes (d) bake
8. 8.Yash ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drinks (c) drinked (d) will drink
9. 9.My sister ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) will play (b) plays (c) has played (d) played
10. 10.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
11. 11.Vivaan did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feed (d) feeds
12. 12.We did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) building (c) build (d) builds
13. 13.___ I sing a song last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
14. 14.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drawed
15. 15.We did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaned
16. 16.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
17. 17.___ they catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.___ he study science last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
19. 19.They ___ a story last week. (a) tell (b) told (c) telled (d) will tell
20. 20.She did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) make (b) makes (c) made (d) making
21. 21.___ Isha send a message last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
22. 22.They did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
23. 23.My sister ___ the dog two days ago. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeded (d) will feed
24. 24.___ Pooja take the train two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.___ he play cricket last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
26. 26.My friends ___ lunch yesterday. (a) will bring (b) bringed (c) brought (d) bring
27. 27.I ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) will bring (b) bring (c) brought (d) bringed
28. 28.We did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
29. 29.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
30. 30.She did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch
31. 31.The children did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) made
32. 32.We ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) bring
33. 33.___ Zoya drink milk last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
34. 34.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
35. 35.___ she wear a cap in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
36. 36.Yash ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winned (b) will win (c) wins (d) won
37. 37.My brother did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sings (b) sing (c) singing (d) sang
38. 38.They did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catches (b) catch (c) caught (d) catching
39. 39.They did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washed (d) washes
40. 40.Aarav ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) bought (b) buys (c) will buy (d) buyed

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