Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 813 · 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 ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watches (c) has watched (d) will watch
2. 2.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
3. 3.___ Isha take the train yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.My sister ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) has danced (b) dances (c) will dance (d) danced
5. 5.___ you write a letter two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
6. 6.He ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sended (d) will send
7. 7.We ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) write (c) wrote (d) writed
8. 8.___ Diya fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
9. 9.___ we clap for the team last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
10. 10.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
11. 11.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) weared (d) worn
12. 12.___ we write a letter in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
13. 13.My parents did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
14. 14.Kabir ___ the match two days ago. (a) winned (b) won (c) wins (d) will win
15. 15.___ she carry the bag in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
16. 16.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
17. 17.___ Ananya climb a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
18. 18.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runned
19. 19.___ Kabir catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
20. 20.I ___ cricket in 2023. (a) play (b) have played (c) played (d) will play
21. 21.They ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) drew
22. 22.We did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) baked (d) bake
23. 23.I did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
24. 24.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
25. 25.You did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) took (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
26. 26.Manav ___ science yesterday. (a) has studied (b) studied (c) will study (d) studies
27. 27.We did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
28. 28.___ we send a message last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
29. 29.___ Priya buy vegetables last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
30. 30.She ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) has carried (c) carried (d) will carry
31. 31.___ my brother wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.You ___ cricket yesterday. (a) will play (b) have played (c) played (d) play
33. 33.My brother did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) clap (d) claps
34. 34.We ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) will clap (b) have clapped (c) clap (d) clapped
35. 35.They ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) have washed (b) will wash (c) washed (d) wash
36. 36.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) throwed
37. 37.My friends did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) won
38. 38.I ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catch (c) will catch (d) catched
39. 39.We did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) told
40. 40.My friends ___ the room last week. (a) will clean (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) have cleaned

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