Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 99 · 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.___ Saanvi cook rice last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
2. 2.I ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) have washed (b) washed (c) wash (d) will wash
3. 3.My brother did not ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) took
4. 4.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
5. 5.She did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) helped (c) helps (d) helping
6. 6.My brother did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) washed (c) washing (d) wash
7. 7.I ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) will speak (d) speak
8. 8.Farhan ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) will cook (c) has cooked (d) cooked
9. 9.They ___ the bag last week. (a) have carried (b) will carry (c) carry (d) carried
10. 10.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
11. 11.My brother did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) bake (d) baked
12. 12.We ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) carry (c) carried (d) have carried
13. 13.She ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) has watched (c) watched (d) will watch
14. 14.___ I win the match yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
15. 15.We did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) playing (c) played (d) plays
16. 16.Kabir did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clap (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clapped
17. 17.___ my friends jog in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.___ you dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
19. 19.We did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) draws (c) drawing (d) draw
20. 20.Zoya did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) built
21. 21.They did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
22. 22.___ my parents take the train last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
23. 23.___ I throw the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
24. 24.___ my brother catch the ball yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.She ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runs (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
26. 26.We did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drink (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinks
27. 27.___ we jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
28. 28.___ Rohan feed the dog two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
29. 29.My cousins ___ the match yesterday. (a) winned (b) will win (c) won (d) win
30. 30.I did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) went (b) going (c) goes (d) go
31. 31.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drinking
32. 32.The students did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) going (c) went (d) goes
33. 33.They ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) eat
34. 34.___ we take the train last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
35. 35.I ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawed (b) drew (c) draw (d) will draw
36. 36.Ira did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
37. 37.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
38. 38.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
39. 39.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
40. 40.We did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooks

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