Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 973 · 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.He ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) has climbed (c) will climb (d) climbed
2. 2.You did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) wins (b) won (c) win (d) winning
3. 3.___ Kavya plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
4. 4.Omkar did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) telling (b) told (c) tell (d) tells
5. 5.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
6. 6.We ___ a song last week. (a) sang (b) sing (c) will sing (d) have sung
7. 7.You ___ milk yesterday. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drink (d) drank
8. 8.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swimmed
9. 9.You did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washing (b) washes (c) washed (d) wash
10. 10.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
11. 11.She did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flew (d) flies
12. 12.Ishaan did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) build (b) built (c) building (d) builds
13. 13.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writing (d) written
14. 14.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drew
15. 15.___ she climb a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.___ we clean the room yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
17. 17.We ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eat
18. 18.___ Ananya eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
19. 19.She did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) played (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
20. 20.___ we ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
21. 21.You ___ a letter two days ago. (a) will write (b) write (c) writed (d) wrote
22. 22.___ my sister bake a cake two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
23. 23.We ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) will bring (c) bringed (d) bring
24. 24.The children did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dances (d) dance
25. 25.___ I play cricket yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.Kunal did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cooking
27. 27.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) spoken
28. 28.We ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bring (d) will bring
29. 29.She ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swims (d) swimmed
30. 30.___ he wear a cap last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
31. 31.___ he sing a song last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
32. 32.___ he fly a kite yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.___ he clap for the team yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
34. 34.___ my brother tell a story two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
35. 35.They did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) taking (b) take (c) takes (d) took
36. 36.You ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) will dance (d) danced
37. 37.Omkar ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) has baked
38. 38.We ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) build (b) built (c) will build (d) builded
39. 39.Isha did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sing (d) sings
40. 40.The children did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) cleans

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