Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 819 · 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.You did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) wash (b) washed (c) washes (d) washing
2. 2.He did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buys (b) buy (c) bought (d) buying
3. 3.___ I write a letter last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
5. 5.She did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) makes (b) make (c) made (d) making
6. 6.I ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feed (b) fed (c) feeded (d) will feed
7. 7.___ my sister dance on the stage last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
8. 8.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flew (d) flown
9. 9.My sister did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) baked (d) bake
10. 10.You ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) have baked (c) baked (d) will bake
11. 11.My friends ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) help (b) helped (c) will help (d) have helped
12. 12.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) took (d) taking
13. 13.I did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) wore (d) wear
14. 14.You ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helped (c) will help (d) have helped
15. 15.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
16. 16.___ my parents win the match two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
17. 17.___ Myra bake a cake two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.___ the students speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
19. 19.I did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) washing (c) washed (d) wash
20. 20.We ___ rice two days ago. (a) will cook (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked
21. 21.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
22. 22.Rahul did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) danced (d) dance
23. 23.You did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dance
24. 24.I did not ___ in the park last week. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) ran
25. 25.We ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builded (b) built (c) build (d) will build
26. 26.My sister did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) made
27. 27.___ my brother play cricket yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
28. 28.___ my brother drink milk yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
29. 29.They ___ cricket last week. (a) play (b) will play (c) played (d) have played
30. 30.I ___ rice yesterday. (a) have cooked (b) will cook (c) cook (d) cooked
31. 31.___ Manav make tea in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
32. 32.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
33. 33.You ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) will dance (c) have danced (d) danced
34. 34.___ Ishaan help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
35. 35.___ the children tell a story yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.We ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winned (b) win (c) will win (d) won
37. 37.___ you ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
38. 38.Aisha ___ on the stage last week. (a) has danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dances
39. 39.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) speaking
40. 40.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed

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