Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 83 · 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.Saanvi ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) will sing (c) sings (d) has sung
2. 2.Manav did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
3. 3.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
4. 4.Kabir did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
5. 5.The children ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) have watched (b) watched (c) watch (d) will watch
6. 6.He did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planting (b) plant (c) plants (d) planted
7. 7.___ I watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
8. 8.He ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) washed (d) has washed
9. 9.You did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) made
10. 10.We ___ in the park last week. (a) runned (b) run (c) will run (d) ran
11. 11.___ the students watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
12. 12.___ the children take the train yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
13. 13.He ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) has studied (c) studies (d) studied
14. 14.Kunal ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buys
15. 15.He did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drink
16. 16.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
17. 17.They ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) have jogged (b) will jog (c) jog (d) jogged
18. 18.My friends ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) goed (c) go (d) will go
19. 19.I did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
20. 20.___ he drink milk last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.I ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) have jogged
22. 22.My brother ___ for the team two days ago. (a) has clapped (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) claps
23. 23.I ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) write (d) writed
24. 24.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swum
25. 25.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
26. 26.Aditya ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drew (c) will draw (d) drawed
27. 27.She did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
28. 28.You did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbing
29. 29.___ she climb a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
30. 30.They ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) will swim
31. 31.You did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
32. 32.I did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drink
33. 33.___ Meera plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
34. 34.___ Rahul sing a song two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
35. 35.___ Rahul tell a story last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaked
37. 37.___ the children climb a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
38. 38.___ she play cricket two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) threw
40. 40.I did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) winning (c) win (d) wins

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