Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 938 · 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 ___ a story last week. (a) tells (b) telling (c) tell (d) told
2. 2.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eaten (d) eated
3. 3.___ she clean the room last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
4. 4.___ she wear a cap last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
5. 5.They did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) bought (b) buying (c) buy (d) buys
6. 6.___ he make tea two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
7. 7.She ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) carries (c) carried (d) has carried
8. 8.___ Meera write a letter yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) running
10. 10.My cousins ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) plant (c) have planted (d) planted
11. 11.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
12. 12.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flown
13. 13.You did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
14. 14.___ he build a sandcastle last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
15. 15.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
16. 16.You ___ a letter last week. (a) writed (b) wrote (c) will write (d) write
17. 17.___ you help Grandma two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.Farhan ___ a message two days ago. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sended (d) will send
19. 19.We ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wore
20. 20.Ananya did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) write (d) writing
21. 21.___ I swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
22. 22.She did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) takes (c) took (d) taking
23. 23.The students ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) will bake (b) bake (c) have baked (d) baked
24. 24.They did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) playing (c) played (d) play
25. 25.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
26. 26.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drawed (d) drew
27. 27.He ___ a message yesterday. (a) sended (b) sent (c) will send (d) sends
28. 28.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) taking (d) took
29. 29.We ___ the match last week. (a) won (b) will win (c) winned (d) win
30. 30.I ___ a cake last week. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) bake (d) have baked
31. 31.Saanvi did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
32. 32.My sister did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flying (b) flies (c) fly (d) flew
33. 33.She did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drew (b) draw (c) drawing (d) draws
34. 34.___ my sister plant a tree in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
35. 35.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) goed (d) going
36. 36.Ira ___ a message in 2023. (a) will send (b) sended (c) sent (d) sends
37. 37.You did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dances (d) dance
38. 38.We did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
39. 39.He ___ a tree yesterday. (a) has planted (b) will plant (c) plants (d) planted
40. 40.___ I buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did

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