Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 892 · 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.___ he go to school last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
2. 2.My sister did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbed
3. 3.She did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) ate
4. 4.Vivaan did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) send (b) sending (c) sent (d) sends
5. 5.___ she go to school last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
6. 6.She ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throws (b) throwed (c) threw (d) will throw
7. 7.He did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) made (b) makes (c) make (d) making
8. 8.I did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
9. 9.___ my friends take the train in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
10. 10.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
11. 11.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) throwed
12. 12.___ my brother plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.___ he take the train two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.My friends did not ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
15. 15.I did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) builds (c) building (d) build
16. 16.___ we build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
17. 17.You did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throws (d) throwing
18. 18.My parents ___ tea in 2023. (a) make (b) made (c) maked (d) will make
19. 19.We did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bring (b) brings (c) brought (d) bringing
20. 20.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) went (c) going (d) goed
21. 21.I ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) will ride (b) ride (c) rode (d) rided
22. 22.___ you feed the dog in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
23. 23.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) taking (d) took
24. 24.Priya did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches (d) watched
25. 25.___ Aisha help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.They did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sing (d) sings
27. 27.My parents ___ cricket two days ago. (a) will play (b) have played (c) play (d) played
28. 28.She ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) dances (c) has danced (d) will dance
29. 29.My brother ___ a cap two days ago. (a) will wear (b) wears (c) weared (d) wore
30. 30.___ she bake a cake yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
31. 31.You did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tell (b) telling (c) told (d) tells
32. 32.My parents did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speak
33. 33.___ we jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
34. 34.___ she carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
35. 35.I did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watching (d) watches
36. 36.___ we throw the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
37. 37.Isha ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) swims (c) will swim (d) swam
38. 38.Yash ___ tea in 2023. (a) will make (b) maked (c) makes (d) made
39. 39.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) runned (d) run
40. 40.___ my sister win the match two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did

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