Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 788 · 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.___ Kabir buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
2. 2.Sneha ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) goes (c) will go (d) goed
3. 3.My sister did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) draw (d) drew
4. 4.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
5. 5.The students did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
6. 6.They did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) washed (c) washing (d) wash
7. 7.I did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) help (b) helping (c) helped (d) helps
8. 8.___ we dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
9. 9.The children ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) have helped (b) helped (c) help (d) will help
10. 10.___ Nisha climb a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
11. 11.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
12. 12.___ you watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.___ my sister cook rice two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
14. 14.I did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) wore (d) wears
15. 15.My parents did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eat (d) eating
16. 16.___ he clean the room two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
17. 17.The students ___ a story in 2023. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) told (d) tell
18. 18.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) writing (d) wrote
19. 19.You did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) clapped (d) claps
20. 20.I ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) will take (c) took (d) taked
21. 21.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) run (d) ran
22. 22.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) throwed
23. 23.___ they dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
24. 24.She did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throws (b) throw (c) threw (d) throwing
25. 25.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
26. 26.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
27. 27.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinking
28. 28.You ___ the room yesterday. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) cleaned
29. 29.___ we take the train last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
30. 30.Isha ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) has washed (b) washes (c) will wash (d) washed
31. 31.My sister ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studied
32. 32.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
33. 33.We did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helping (b) help (c) helps (d) helped
34. 34.___ you dance on the stage last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
35. 35.Priya did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buying (b) buy (c) bought (d) buys
36. 36.___ my sister go to school last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
37. 37.___ he draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
38. 38.___ we catch the ball yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
39. 39.___ they sing a song last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
40. 40.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken

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