Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 132 · 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 bake a cake in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
2. 2.Isha ___ in the park last week. (a) jogs (b) has jogged (c) jogged (d) will jog
3. 3.I ___ a song yesterday. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sang (d) sing
4. 4.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
5. 5.Riya ___ science last week. (a) will study (b) studies (c) has studied (d) studied
6. 6.Diya ___ the match in 2023. (a) will win (b) won (c) winned (d) wins
7. 7.They ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throwed (b) will throw (c) throw (d) threw
8. 8.___ Arjun ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
9. 9.___ he win the match yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.Diya did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sends (b) sending (c) send (d) sent
11. 11.They ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eated (b) ate (c) eat (d) will eat
12. 12.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
13. 13.Karan did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch
14. 14.___ my brother feed the dog last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
15. 15.Zoya did not ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) run (c) running (d) runs
16. 16.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eating (d) eaten
17. 17.___ Kabir build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.___ we plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
20. 20.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
21. 21.They ___ tea last week. (a) make (b) will make (c) maked (d) made
22. 22.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawn (c) drew (d) drawed
23. 23.___ she climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
24. 24.They did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
25. 25.They ___ science last week. (a) have studied (b) studied (c) will study (d) study
26. 26.___ the children speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
27. 27.She ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runs (b) ran (c) will run (d) runned
28. 28.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flew (c) flying (d) flyed
29. 29.Riya did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helped (b) helping (c) help (d) helps
30. 30.He did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
31. 31.They ___ to school yesterday. (a) will go (b) went (c) go (d) goed
32. 32.Vivaan ___ the room last Sunday. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) cleans
33. 33.___ my cousins draw a picture two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
34. 34.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) speaked
35. 35.They ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dance (b) will dance (c) danced (d) have danced
36. 36.I ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) bring
37. 37.___ we bring lunch in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
38. 38.My sister did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planting (d) planted
39. 39.They did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carried
40. 40.They ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) will dance (c) dance (d) have danced

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