Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 204 · 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.She ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) will tell (c) tells (d) telled
2. 2.I did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) made
3. 3.___ my sister feed the dog yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
4. 4.I ___ rice two days ago. (a) have cooked (b) cook (c) cooked (d) will cook
5. 5.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drinking
6. 6.They did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) singing (b) sing (c) sings (d) sang
7. 7.___ my sister draw a picture yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
8. 8.Dev ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) will bring (d) brings
9. 9.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taking (d) taken
10. 10.Omkar did not ___ science last week. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) studied
11. 11.We ___ for the team last week. (a) have clapped (b) will clap (c) clap (d) clapped
12. 12.We ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) have carried (b) will carry (c) carried (d) carry
13. 13.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
14. 14.___ Aditya tell a story two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
15. 15.___ I run in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
16. 16.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swimmed
17. 17.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rided (d) rode
18. 18.They did not ___ rice last week. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cooked
19. 19.You ___ a message in 2023. (a) sended (b) send (c) sent (d) will send
20. 20.We ___ a message in 2023. (a) will send (b) send (c) sended (d) sent
21. 21.They did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) made (b) makes (c) making (d) make
22. 22.You ___ a cake two days ago. (a) have baked (b) bake (c) will bake (d) baked
23. 23.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flying (d) flew
24. 24.Ishaan did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) told (c) tell (d) telling
25. 25.My brother did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) planted (c) planting (d) plant
26. 26.My sister ___ to school yesterday. (a) goed (b) goes (c) went (d) will go
27. 27.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
28. 28.He did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) fed
29. 29.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
30. 30.She ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carries (b) has carried (c) carried (d) will carry
31. 31.My cousins ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) fly (d) flew
32. 32.He did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) cooking (d) cooks
33. 33.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) went (d) gone
34. 34.Tara did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
35. 35.Arjun did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) rides (c) ride (d) riding
36. 36.You ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eat
37. 37.My sister ___ to school in 2023. (a) goed (b) goes (c) will go (d) went
38. 38.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
39. 39.You did not ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buy (b) buys (c) buying (d) bought
40. 40.You ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) will cook

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