Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 918 · 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.___ she carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
2. 2.My sister did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) planted (c) planting (d) plant
3. 3.___ Rohan write a letter yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.___ my sister sing a song last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
5. 5.___ Aditya throw the ball yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
6. 6.___ he swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
7. 7.I did not ___ a story last week. (a) tells (b) told (c) tell (d) telling
8. 8.___ you tell a story last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
9. 9.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taken (d) taking
10. 10.My friends did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) won
11. 11.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eated
12. 12.___ my brother play cricket in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
13. 13.My cousins ___ milk last week. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drinked
14. 14.You did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) made
15. 15.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
16. 16.___ you feed the dog yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
17. 17.We ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dance (b) danced (c) have danced (d) will dance
18. 18.I did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) make (c) makes (d) making
19. 19.___ he send a message yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
20. 20.We did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dance (d) dancing
21. 21.My friends did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) climb
22. 22.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flew
23. 23.My parents did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sent (b) sending (c) sends (d) send
24. 24.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
25. 25.___ Aditya wash the dishes last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
26. 26.She ___ milk last week. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drinks
27. 27.___ we bring lunch yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.___ you feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
29. 29.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) goed (c) gone (d) going
30. 30.___ we make tea last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
31. 31.We did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) clean
32. 32.___ we cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
33. 33.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
34. 34.I ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flew (b) flyed (c) fly (d) will fly
35. 35.___ he swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.___ Nisha bake a cake last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
37. 37.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
38. 38.They ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swim (d) swam
39. 39.You did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wears (d) wear
40. 40.They did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carried

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