Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 8 · 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.He did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) fed
2. 2.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
3. 3.My sister ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) told (c) telled (d) will tell
4. 4.___ my friends jog in the park yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
5. 5.The children did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catch (d) catching
6. 6.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eated
7. 7.___ we plant a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
8. 8.Farhan did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) told
9. 9.Kavya ___ a mango yesterday. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) eats (d) ate
10. 10.You did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
11. 11.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
12. 12.Vivaan did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
13. 13.Zoya ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) drew (c) will draw (d) draws
14. 14.He ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) will climb (d) has climbed
15. 15.I did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) drew
16. 16.She ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) will play (c) has played (d) played
17. 17.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) spoke
18. 18.___ Saanvi write a letter yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
19. 19.___ she bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
20. 20.She did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbed
21. 21.They did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) plays (c) played (d) play
22. 22.___ I bake a cake in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
23. 23.She did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) flew (c) fly (d) flying
24. 24.They ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) built (b) build (c) builded (d) will build
25. 25.Ishaan did not ___ a song last week. (a) singing (b) sing (c) sang (d) sings
26. 26.___ my sister bake a cake last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
27. 27.___ Sneha help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.They did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) help (b) helped (c) helps (d) helping
29. 29.You ___ a story last week. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) tell (d) told
30. 30.___ Sneha watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
31. 31.___ Farhan study science last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.___ I sing a song last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
33. 33.He ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wears (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wore
34. 34.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
35. 35.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will run (b) ran (c) run (d) runned
36. 36.We did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
37. 37.We did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) watched
38. 38.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawn (c) drew (d) drawed
39. 39.Arjun did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) makes (b) made (c) making (d) make
40. 40.I did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) claps (d) clapped

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