Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 852 · 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.My brother ___ lunch last week. (a) will bring (b) brings (c) brought (d) bringed
2. 2.I did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catches (d) catch
3. 3.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
4. 4.My friends did not ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buying (b) buy (c) bought (d) buys
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimming
6. 6.Meera did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) wins (b) won (c) win (d) winning
7. 7.___ we clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
8. 8.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sing (d) sang
9. 9.The children ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) will dance (b) dance (c) have danced (d) danced
10. 10.They did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dance (d) dancing
11. 11.We did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) send (b) sending (c) sends (d) sent
12. 12.You ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) have helped (b) will help (c) helped (d) help
13. 13.___ my sister play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
14. 14.Karan ___ the match in 2023. (a) will win (b) won (c) wins (d) winned
15. 15.___ we feed the dog last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.Diya ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) has climbed (d) will climb
17. 17.___ I clean the room two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
18. 18.___ she win the match last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
19. 19.We did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flew (d) flying
20. 20.___ I ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
21. 21.My brother did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sends (b) sent (c) send (d) sending
22. 22.My parents did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jogged
23. 23.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
24. 24.We ___ tea two days ago. (a) made (b) will make (c) make (d) maked
25. 25.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
26. 26.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
27. 27.We did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
28. 28.They did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) send (b) sending (c) sent (d) sends
29. 29.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawed
30. 30.We ___ for the team in 2023. (a) will clap (b) have clapped (c) clap (d) clapped
31. 31.We did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) ate
32. 32.I did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helping (b) help (c) helped (d) helps
33. 33.My cousins did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swims (d) swim
34. 34.Kavya ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runs (b) ran (c) will run (d) runned
35. 35.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) threw (d) thrown
36. 36.They ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swim (d) will swim
37. 37.___ Rahul wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
38. 38.___ Rohan tell a story last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.She did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dance (b) danced (c) dances (d) dancing
40. 40.___ you cook rice last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was

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