Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 781 · 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.___ she wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
2. 2.Manav did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) made (b) making (c) make (d) makes
3. 3.Saanvi did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
4. 4.He ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) has washed (c) will wash (d) washed
5. 5.Pooja did not ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) cleans
6. 6.Yash did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bringing (d) bring
7. 7.We did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drew (d) drawing
8. 8.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
9. 9.She did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sent (b) send (c) sends (d) sending
10. 10.My brother did not ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
11. 11.___ Rahul clean the room two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
12. 12.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
13. 13.___ Riya plant a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.___ Isha throw the ball last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.___ they win the match in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
16. 16.We did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches (d) watched
17. 17.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swum
18. 18.___ he play cricket two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
19. 19.You did not ___ rice last week. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cooks
20. 20.___ Nisha send a message yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.___ I take the train yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
22. 22.She did not ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sending (d) send
23. 23.___ he sing a song yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
24. 24.___ Diya swim in the pool last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
25. 25.She ___ the room two days ago. (a) will clean (b) cleans (c) has cleaned (d) cleaned
26. 26.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writed
27. 27.___ Priya sing a song in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
28. 28.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
29. 29.Rohan ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washes
30. 30.___ we cook rice last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
31. 31.My brother ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) flies (c) flyed (d) will fly
32. 32.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
33. 33.You ___ cricket in 2023. (a) play (b) have played (c) played (d) will play
34. 34.He did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) writing (d) write
35. 35.Priya did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) clean
36. 36.He ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runned (b) will run (c) ran (d) runs
37. 37.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
38. 38.You did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carried (d) carry
39. 39.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flown
40. 40.___ she run in the park yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does

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