Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 926 · 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.They did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drinks
2. 2.My brother did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catching (d) catch
3. 3.___ you run in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
4. 4.___ you play cricket last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.I did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
6. 6.___ my cousins jog in the park two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.___ she jog in the park yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
8. 8.We did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drew (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
9. 9.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
10. 10.___ my friends fly a kite last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
11. 11.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) writed (c) written (d) wrote
12. 12.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
13. 13.They ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) drew
14. 14.You ___ the room two days ago. (a) have cleaned (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) will clean
15. 15.___ you climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.I did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) fed (d) feeds
17. 17.___ Nisha eat a mango two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.Nisha did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
19. 19.___ Yash jog in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
20. 20.You ___ to school last week. (a) will go (b) go (c) goed (d) went
21. 21.___ my sister clean the room last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
22. 22.We ___ the room yesterday. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) cleaned
23. 23.They did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
24. 24.He ___ a story yesterday. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) told (d) tells
25. 25.My parents did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
26. 26.___ my friends fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
27. 27.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swimming
28. 28.___ you swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
29. 29.He did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
30. 30.Aisha ___ tea two days ago. (a) will make (b) made (c) makes (d) maked
31. 31.He did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) playing (b) played (c) plays (d) play
32. 32.We ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) builded (c) will build (d) build
33. 33.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jogged (d) jog
34. 34.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
35. 35.Pooja ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) has studied (c) will study (d) studied
36. 36.You ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) will cook
37. 37.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eaten (d) eating
38. 38.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
39. 39.___ Kabir wash the dishes last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
40. 40.___ Farhan take the train two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was

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