Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 891 · 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 two days ago. (a) washed (b) washes (c) washing (d) wash
2. 2.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flyed (c) flown (d) flew
3. 3.My sister did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catches (b) catching (c) catch (d) caught
4. 4.You ___ a message yesterday. (a) send (b) sended (c) sent (d) will send
5. 5.My friends did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carry (b) carried (c) carries (d) carrying
6. 6.My brother did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eat (d) eats
7. 7.___ my brother draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
8. 8.I did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helping (b) help (c) helps (d) helped
9. 9.You did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dance (d) dancing
10. 10.We did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) ride (b) rides (c) rode (d) riding
11. 11.You did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helps (b) helping (c) helped (d) help
12. 12.We ___ the ball in 2023. (a) will catch (b) caught (c) catch (d) catched
13. 13.Nisha did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speaks
14. 14.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rode (d) rided
15. 15.Ananya ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) has planted (b) planted (c) plants (d) will plant
16. 16.___ you bake a cake in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
17. 17.Manav ___ for the team in 2023. (a) claps (b) will clap (c) has clapped (d) clapped
18. 18.We ___ a kite yesterday. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) will fly (d) flew
19. 19.___ she build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
20. 20.They ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) danced (d) will dance
21. 21.You ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) sended (c) will send (d) send
22. 22.Ishaan did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) riding (b) rode (c) rides (d) ride
23. 23.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) goed (c) going (d) gone
24. 24.My friends did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rides (b) riding (c) ride (d) rode
25. 25.Farhan did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cooking (d) cook
26. 26.We ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) will plant (d) have planted
27. 27.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) speaked
28. 28.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swimmed
29. 29.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawed (d) drawing
30. 30.___ they wash the dishes last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
31. 31.___ Pooja win the match last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
32. 32.We ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) will clean (d) clean
33. 33.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) runned (d) ran
34. 34.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wearing (d) wore
35. 35.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eating
36. 36.___ they draw a picture two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
37. 37.___ Saanvi ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
38. 38.Vivaan did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
39. 39.We ___ milk last week. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drinked (d) drank
40. 40.Kunal did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) playing (b) plays (c) played (d) play

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