Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 767 · 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 swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
2. 2.___ my sister send a message in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
3. 3.___ you take the train last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
4. 4.Sneha ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) plants (d) has planted
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
6. 6.I did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
7. 7.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
8. 8.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rode (d) rided
9. 9.I did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carried
10. 10.They did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eats (b) eating (c) ate (d) eat
11. 11.She ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) has cleaned (d) cleans
12. 12.___ Kunal clean the room two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
13. 13.Saanvi ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) will cook (c) has cooked (d) cooked
14. 14.My brother did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) drank (d) drinking
15. 15.We ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) have washed (b) washed (c) will wash (d) wash
16. 16.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) spoken
17. 17.___ Manav dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
18. 18.Aditya did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
19. 19.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
20. 20.He ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) has cooked (d) will cook
21. 21.My brother did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
22. 22.My friends did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) takes (b) taking (c) took (d) take
23. 23.___ we catch the ball last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
24. 24.We ___ for the team yesterday. (a) will clap (b) clapped (c) clap (d) have clapped
25. 25.My brother ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) carries (d) has carried
26. 26.She did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flew (b) fly (c) flying (d) flies
27. 27.We did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) winning (c) wins (d) win
28. 28.We ___ the match in 2023. (a) will win (b) won (c) win (d) winned
29. 29.___ I plant a tree in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
30. 30.He ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swims (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
31. 31.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
32. 32.___ my cousins dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.___ Pooja sing a song last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
34. 34.___ they go to school two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.We ___ the dishes last week. (a) washed (b) have washed (c) wash (d) will wash
36. 36.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
37. 37.I did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
38. 38.___ Vivaan bring lunch yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.Saanvi did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) played (c) play (d) playing
40. 40.You did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) told

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