Past Tense Class 6 Worksheet English Grammar

Simple Past Tense

Q.1. Put in am / is/are (present) or was / were (past):
(i) Last year she …………….. 10, so she …………….. 11 now.

was; is

(ii) I ……………..  hungry. Can I have something to eat?

am

(iii) ‘Where …………….. the children?’ ‘I don’t know. They …………….. in the garden ten minutes ago.’

are; were

(iv) Today the weather …………….. nice, but yesterday it …………….. very cold.

is; was

(v) I feel fine this morning but I …………….. tired last night.

was

(vi) Where …………….. you at 11 o’clock last Friday morning?

were

(vii) I like your new shirt …………….. it expensive?

is

(viii) Don’t they wear those shoes? These …………….. very expensive.

are

(ix) This time last year I …………….. in Goa.

was

(x) They …………….. in school today morning.

were

Q.2. Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs in the past simple:(i) It was hot in the room, so I …………….. the window.

opened

(ii) I …………….. my teeth twice yesterday.

cleaned

(iii) The shop ……………..at 9 a.in. yesterday.

started

(iv) The match …………….. at 6 in the evening.

finished

(v) I always …………….. to be a doctor.

wanted

(vi) It is a nice day but yesterday it …………….. all day.

rained

(vii) The accident …………….. last Sunday afternoon.

happened

(viii) Shiela’s grandmother …………….. when she was 90 years old.

died

(ix) We …………….. our holiday last year.

enjoyed

(x) We …………….. at Grand Hotel when we went to Kolkata.

stayed

Q.3. Change the following sentences into questions:
(i) He was playing cricket.

Was he playing cricket?

(ii) Ruchi and Rubi were cooking in the kitchen.

Were Ruchi and Rubi cooking in the kitchen?

(iii) We were going to the market.

Were we going to the market?

(iv) He was doing his homework.

Was he doing his homework?

(v) They were crying there.

Were they crying there?

Q.4. Change the following sentences into negative:
(i) Vimal was talking to Vijay at ten o’clock last night.

Vimal was not talking to Vijay at ten o’clock last night.

(ii) I was trying to get a taxi at ten o clock last night.

I was not trying to get a taxi at ten o’clock last night.

(iii) It was raining in Chennai at five o’clock last evening.

It was not raining in Chennai at five o’clock last evening.

(iv) At four o’clock yesterday we were all drinking tea.

At four o’clock yesterday we were not all drinking tea.

(v) Vishal was living in Kolkata in July last year.

Vishal was not living in Kolkata in July last year.

Q.5. Choose the correct verb from those given in brackets:
(i) When we went to the cinema, the film _______ . (already started, had already started, would already start.)

had already started 

(ii) I _______ to Mumbai once before. (have gone, had gone, have been going)

had gone

(iii) They _______ anything till night. (have not read, were not reading, had not read)

had not read

(iv) Did your think you _______ me somewhere before? (have seen, had seen, were seeing.)

had seen

(v) He thanked me for what I _______ . (have dope, had done, have been doing).

had done

Q.6. Fill in the blanks with suitable verb:
(i) She _______ sun-bath for a month, (have been taking, had taken, had been taking)

had been taking

(ii) He had not been _______ for a few days, (seen, saw, seeing)

seeing

(iii) _______ he been studying for examination for four days? (had, have)

Had

(iv) Where had he been _______ for so many days? (lived, live, living)

living

(v) You had been _______ till now since morning, (slept, sleeping, sleep)

sleeping

(vi) I _______ this car for four years, (have driven, had driven, had been driving)

had been driving

(vii) The players had been v for three hours, (running, ran, run)

running