Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 886 · 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.The children ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) help (c) will help (d) have helped
2. 2.You ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
3. 3.My parents did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sends (b) sent (c) send (d) sending
4. 4.You did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helping (b) helps (c) help (d) helped
5. 5.Rohan ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feeded
6. 6.___ I clean the room in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) spoken
8. 8.___ he climb a tree in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
9. 9.___ we speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
10. 10.___ my sister take the train yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
11. 11.You ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will catch (b) catched (c) caught (d) catch
12. 12.She ___ a song in 2023. (a) sings (b) has sung (c) will sing (d) sang
13. 13.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
14. 14.___ my parents tell a story last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
15. 15.___ we throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.My sister did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flew (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
17. 17.___ Aarav eat a mango in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
18. 18.___ you study science yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
19. 19.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
20. 20.I ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) have carried (d) carried
21. 21.___ I throw the ball last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
22. 22.They ___ milk last week. (a) drink (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drank
23. 23.___ Diya watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
24. 24.Omkar did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dance
25. 25.She did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) planted (c) plant (d) planting
26. 26.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) ran (d) run
27. 27.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) taken (d) took
28. 28.I did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) studying (c) studied (d) study
29. 29.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) will jog (d) jogged
30. 30.He did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) ate
31. 31.My parents ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) will wash (b) have washed (c) wash (d) washed
32. 32.She did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) played
33. 33.___ they plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
34. 34.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) thrown (c) throwed (d) threw
35. 35.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) rode (c) ridden (d) riding
36. 36.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eated (d) eaten
37. 37.You did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carry
38. 38.I ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) play (c) have played (d) will play
39. 39.They did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) ran
40. 40.___ I run in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do

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