Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 936 · 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.___ I climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
2. 2.___ they fly a kite last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
3. 3.They did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) clean (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
4. 4.You ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builded (b) will build (c) build (d) built
5. 5.___ the students study science yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
6. 6.He did not ___ a song last week. (a) sang (b) sings (c) sing (d) singing
7. 7.I ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builded (b) will build (c) build (d) built
8. 8.We did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
9. 9.I ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) danced (b) dance (c) have danced (d) will dance
10. 10.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
11. 11.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) speaking
12. 12.___ he throw the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
13. 13.We ___ the match last week. (a) won (b) will win (c) winned (d) win
14. 14.___ he win the match two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
15. 15.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
16. 16.We did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) drew (c) draw (d) drawing
17. 17.___ the students bring lunch last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
19. 19.___ I bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.We ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) catched (c) will catch (d) caught
21. 21.Ananya did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) caught
22. 22.___ the children swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
23. 23.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwed
24. 24.I ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringed (b) will bring (c) brought (d) bring
25. 25.He ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wore (b) wears (c) weared (d) will wear
26. 26.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flown (d) flyed
27. 27.I did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) wearing (c) wears (d) wear
28. 28.You ___ the match yesterday. (a) will win (b) won (c) winned (d) win
29. 29.We ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) have watched (c) watched (d) will watch
30. 30.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eated (d) eaten
31. 31.We did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tell (b) telling (c) told (d) tells
32. 32.___ Omkar study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.She ___ Grandma last week. (a) helps (b) will help (c) has helped (d) helped
34. 34.We did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) studied
35. 35.You did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
36. 36.___ Ira study science last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
37. 37.Arjun ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) plants (c) has planted (d) planted
38. 38.Kavya ___ to school last week. (a) goes (b) goed (c) went (d) will go
39. 39.They did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
40. 40.We did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) spoke

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