Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 768 · 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 brother did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swam
2. 2.He ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sended (b) sent (c) sends (d) will send
3. 3.He ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) helps (c) will help (d) has helped
4. 4.My friends ___ a story in 2023. (a) will tell (b) told (c) telled (d) tell
5. 5.___ he win the match last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
6. 6.Tara ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bakes (b) will bake (c) baked (d) has baked
7. 7.We ___ cricket last week. (a) play (b) have played (c) played (d) will play
8. 8.___ he wash the dishes last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) speaked
10. 10.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) riding (d) rode
11. 11.They did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
12. 12.The children did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) winning (b) won (c) wins (d) win
13. 13.___ they write a letter two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throwing (d) thrown
15. 15.They did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planting (b) planted (c) plants (d) plant
16. 16.I ___ in the park last week. (a) have jogged (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) jog
17. 17.___ he wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.Dev did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins (d) won
19. 19.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swimmed
20. 20.My sister did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climbed
21. 21.Ananya ___ science last Sunday. (a) will study (b) has studied (c) studies (d) studied
22. 22.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drunk
23. 23.They ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throw (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throwed
24. 24.My brother ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builds (b) will build (c) builded (d) built
25. 25.He did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sings (d) sing
26. 26.___ she carry the bag in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.Manav did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
28. 28.___ the children build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
29. 29.He did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) drew (c) draws (d) drawing
30. 30.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eating
31. 31.___ Kabir watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.___ Rahul play cricket two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
33. 33.___ she win the match yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
34. 34.___ they eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
35. 35.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
36. 36.Tara did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carries (d) carry
37. 37.We ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaked (b) speak (c) will speak (d) spoke
38. 38.We did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
39. 39.They ___ a story in 2023. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) tell (d) told
40. 40.Zoya ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) will play (d) has played

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