Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 870 · 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.___ Riya clean the room last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
2. 2.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
3. 3.___ I bake a cake last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.My brother did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) planting (c) planted (d) plants
5. 5.My brother ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has planted (b) will plant (c) planted (d) plants
6. 6.You did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) helped
7. 7.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) throwed (d) threw
8. 8.My brother ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) will tell (c) told (d) telled
9. 9.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
10. 10.We ___ the train yesterday. (a) taked (b) will take (c) took (d) take
11. 11.Ishaan did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helped (c) helping (d) helps
12. 12.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eating
13. 13.Kunal did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapped (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clap
14. 14.I did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch (d) watched
15. 15.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swimming
16. 16.My brother ___ milk last week. (a) drank (b) will drink (c) drinks (d) drinked
17. 17.Kunal ___ the bag two days ago. (a) has carried (b) carried (c) carries (d) will carry
18. 18.Neel did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) go (c) goes (d) going
19. 19.The students ___ the match last week. (a) will win (b) won (c) winned (d) win
20. 20.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) weared (c) worn (d) wore
21. 21.The students ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) have climbed (d) will climb
22. 22.Rohan ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studies
23. 23.Riya did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
24. 24.___ you wear a cap last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
25. 25.___ Priya send a message last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
26. 26.She did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbing
27. 27.They ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feed (b) fed (c) feeded (d) will feed
28. 28.___ my cousins drink milk last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
29. 29.You ___ on the stage last week. (a) dance (b) danced (c) will dance (d) have danced
30. 30.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
31. 31.Aditya ___ rice last Sunday. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) has cooked (d) cooks
32. 32.I did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) goes (c) go (d) going
33. 33.My cousins did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wears (d) wear
34. 34.They did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helps (b) helping (c) help (d) helped
35. 35.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taking (d) taken
36. 36.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
37. 37.Kabir did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runs
38. 38.___ they watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.My brother ___ the room two days ago. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) cleans
40. 40.Kabir ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swims (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swimmed

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