Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 923 · 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 match last week. (a) won (b) wins (c) win (d) winning
2. 2.You ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carry (b) carried (c) will carry (d) have carried
3. 3.Saanvi did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feed (d) feeds
4. 4.___ we swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
5. 5.We ___ science in 2023. (a) study (b) will study (c) have studied (d) studied
6. 6.She did not ___ to school last week. (a) goes (b) going (c) went (d) go
7. 7.She ___ rice two days ago. (a) has cooked (b) will cook (c) cooks (d) cooked
8. 8.___ she play cricket two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
9. 9.___ Meera climb a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
10. 10.Neel ___ science last week. (a) studies (b) will study (c) studied (d) has studied
11. 11.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
12. 12.I ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catch (b) will catch (c) catched (d) caught
13. 13.___ Dev wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
14. 14.___ he draw a picture last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
15. 15.My friends did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rides (b) riding (c) rode (d) ride
16. 16.___ I watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
17. 17.___ they bring lunch yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
18. 18.Kunal ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throwed (d) will throw
19. 19.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
20. 20.I ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tell (b) telled (c) will tell (d) told
21. 21.She did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throw (d) throwing
22. 22.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flew (d) flying
23. 23.Karan ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swims
24. 24.___ Diya drink milk last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
25. 25.Zoya ___ a mango two days ago. (a) will eat (b) eats (c) eated (d) ate
26. 26.I did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) made
27. 27.___ I play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
28. 28.We ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) will build (b) build (c) builded (d) built
29. 29.Rohan ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) has jogged (c) jogged (d) jogs
30. 30.They did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) won (c) win (d) winning
31. 31.He did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
32. 32.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
33. 33.My brother ___ tea two days ago. (a) maked (b) will make (c) makes (d) made
34. 34.We did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleaning
35. 35.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) taked (d) took
36. 36.Aditya ___ in the pool last week. (a) will swim (b) swimmed (c) swims (d) swam
37. 37.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eating (d) eaten
38. 38.Farhan did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
39. 39.___ Meera sing a song last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
40. 40.She did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eat (d) eats

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