Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 115 · 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 sister ___ a tree in 2023. (a) will plant (b) has planted (c) planted (d) plants
2. 2.We ___ for the team yesterday. (a) will clap (b) clap (c) have clapped (d) clapped
3. 3.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
4. 4.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
5. 5.Meera did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) builds (c) build (d) building
6. 6.My brother ___ cricket two days ago. (a) will play (b) plays (c) has played (d) played
7. 7.He did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) carried
8. 8.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eated (d) eating
9. 9.He ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) will feed (c) feeded (d) feeds
10. 10.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
11. 11.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
12. 12.She did not ___ the match last week. (a) won (b) wins (c) win (d) winning
13. 13.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
14. 14.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) going (d) goed
15. 15.Kunal ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) telled (c) tells (d) will tell
16. 16.You did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
17. 17.We ___ in the park two days ago. (a) have jogged (b) will jog (c) jog (d) jogged
18. 18.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will run (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
19. 19.___ she jog in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
20. 20.Zoya ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throws (b) throwed (c) will throw (d) threw
21. 21.My sister ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) weared (c) wears (d) will wear
22. 22.Nisha did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carried (d) carries
23. 23.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) written (d) writing
24. 24.She did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dances (d) dance
25. 25.___ I carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
26. 26.Isha ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) will drink (c) drinks (d) drinked
27. 27.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rided (d) rode
28. 28.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
29. 29.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) throwed
30. 30.The children ___ a cap in 2023. (a) will wear (b) wear (c) weared (d) wore
31. 31.Omkar ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rode (b) rides (c) rided (d) will ride
32. 32.He ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) carries (c) has carried (d) carried
33. 33.He ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drew (c) will draw (d) drawed
34. 34.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
35. 35.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) wore (d) weared
36. 36.___ you bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
37. 37.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flew (c) flying (d) flyed
38. 38.You ___ a cake two days ago. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) will bake (d) bake
39. 39.___ Diya wear a cap in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
40. 40.We did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) danced

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