Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 954 · 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.My parents did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runs (b) running (c) run (d) ran
2. 2.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
3. 3.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
4. 4.She ___ the dog last week. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feeded
5. 5.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flown (d) flyed
6. 6.I ___ the room in 2023. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) cleaned
7. 7.Karan ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swims (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
8. 8.Isha ___ a message last week. (a) will send (b) sends (c) sended (d) sent
9. 9.We ___ in the pool last week. (a) swam (b) swim (c) will swim (d) swimmed
10. 10.She ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) has studied (c) studies (d) will study
11. 11.My brother did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drinks (d) drink
12. 12.I ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) told (d) telled
13. 13.___ I wear a cap two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
14. 14.My friends ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feed (d) feeded
15. 15.She did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studying (b) studies (c) studied (d) study
16. 16.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
17. 17.We did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
18. 18.___ my brother build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
19. 19.You did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swam
20. 20.My brother did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) fed
21. 21.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
22. 22.___ he study science yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.I ___ for the team two days ago. (a) will clap (b) clap (c) clapped (d) have clapped
24. 24.He ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) has watched (c) watched (d) watches
25. 25.___ he write a letter last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.___ she throw the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
27. 27.They did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) singing (b) sing (c) sings (d) sang
28. 28.___ they write a letter last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
29. 29.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) wrote (d) written
30. 30.___ we make tea last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
31. 31.___ we jog in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
32. 32.He ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watched (c) will watch (d) has watched
33. 33.We ___ a mango last week. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eat
34. 34.We ___ a cake last week. (a) have baked (b) bake (c) will bake (d) baked
35. 35.Saanvi ___ the ball in 2023. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catched (d) will catch
36. 36.Sneha ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helps (b) has helped (c) helped (d) will help
37. 37.___ my parents carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
38. 38.Kunal ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) will buy (b) bought (c) buys (d) buyed
39. 39.He did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
40. 40.My brother did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flies (b) flying (c) flew (d) fly

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