Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 907 · 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.We did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
2. 2.I did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studying (b) study (c) studied (d) studies
3. 3.___ you cook rice yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
4. 4.I did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) help (b) helping (c) helped (d) helps
5. 5.He ___ a tree in 2023. (a) will plant (b) has planted (c) planted (d) plants
6. 6.She did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runs (b) running (c) ran (d) run
7. 7.You did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) plants (c) planting (d) plant
8. 8.___ my brother take the train last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
9. 9.We ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) wear (d) weared
10. 10.My cousins ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) will build (b) builded (c) build (d) built
11. 11.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drunk
12. 12.___ Aisha dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
13. 13.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
14. 14.My brother did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleans
15. 15.___ Aarav speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
16. 16.He did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) throw (d) threw
17. 17.___ Neel tell a story two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
18. 18.He did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flew (b) flying (c) flies (d) fly
19. 19.He ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) will buy (b) bought (c) buys (d) buyed
20. 20.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
21. 21.He ___ the bag in 2023. (a) has carried (b) carries (c) carried (d) will carry
22. 22.___ my cousins bring lunch in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
23. 23.You did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) winning (c) win (d) wins
24. 24.She did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) rides (c) riding (d) rode
25. 25.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flew (d) flying
26. 26.They did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
27. 27.You ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) will tell (c) telled (d) tell
28. 28.You did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catching
29. 29.Rohan did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catch (b) caught (c) catches (d) catching
30. 30.My brother did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) making (b) make (c) makes (d) made
31. 31.I ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) ride (b) rided (c) will ride (d) rode
32. 32.My friends ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rided (b) will ride (c) ride (d) rode
33. 33.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
34. 34.My cousins ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) help (b) have helped (c) helped (d) will help
35. 35.You did not ___ tea last week. (a) making (b) made (c) make (d) makes
36. 36.He ___ the room two days ago. (a) has cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleans (d) cleaned
37. 37.Aarav ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) will build (b) built (c) builded (d) builds
38. 38.We did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
39. 39.The students did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
40. 40.Meera ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) will cook

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