Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 972 · 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.___ we draw a picture in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
2. 2.___ you fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
3. 3.She ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) will catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catched
4. 4.You ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) help (c) will help (d) have helped
5. 5.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flew (c) flying (d) flyed
6. 6.Myra ___ rice last week. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) cooked
7. 7.I ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) carry
8. 8.We ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) have planted (c) plant (d) planted
9. 9.I did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) goes (b) went (c) going (d) go
10. 10.We did not ___ cricket last week. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
11. 11.He ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swims (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) will swim
12. 12.We ___ a story last week. (a) will tell (b) told (c) telled (d) tell
13. 13.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
14. 14.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
15. 15.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throwed
16. 16.___ you tell a story last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
17. 17.He did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) spoke
18. 18.He ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) washed (c) will wash (d) has washed
19. 19.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) have played (c) will play (d) play
20. 20.___ Saanvi bring lunch two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
21. 21.___ Saanvi dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
22. 22.You ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) have baked (c) bake (d) baked
23. 23.My brother did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) ride (c) riding (d) rides
24. 24.She ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catches (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catched
25. 25.___ they go to school yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinking
27. 27.Ira did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) ride (b) rides (c) rode (d) riding
28. 28.I did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writing (b) write (c) wrote (d) writes
29. 29.___ Sneha help Grandma in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.___ the students take the train yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
31. 31.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) ran (d) runned
32. 32.The students did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) planted (c) plants (d) planting
33. 33.My brother did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tells (b) told (c) telling (d) tell
34. 34.Nisha ___ the room last Sunday. (a) has cleaned (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) will clean
35. 35.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
36. 36.___ I throw the ball two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
37. 37.They ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) will study (c) study (d) have studied
38. 38.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
39. 39.Manav did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
40. 40.I did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook

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