Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 224 · 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 ___ tea yesterday. (a) makes (b) maked (c) will make (d) made
2. 2.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
3. 3.My brother did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) clean
4. 4.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) goed (c) gone (d) going
5. 5.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
6. 6.She ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) has climbed (c) will climb (d) climbs
7. 7.They did not ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) took (c) takes (d) taking
8. 8.___ you carry the bag two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
9. 9.___ my friends carry the bag last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
10. 10.___ my friends climb a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
11. 11.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
12. 12.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taken (d) taking
13. 13.They ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) writed (d) write
14. 14.___ Aisha dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
15. 15.He did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) studied
16. 16.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
17. 17.___ my brother help Grandma in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.The students did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) took
19. 19.___ the children write a letter last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
20. 20.I did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) took (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
21. 21.She did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carried
22. 22.___ we take the train in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
23. 23.___ Kabir bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
24. 24.___ she bake a cake in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
25. 25.They did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaking
26. 26.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eated
27. 27.___ she buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.Kunal ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) sended (c) sent (d) will send
29. 29.He did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rides (b) riding (c) rode (d) ride
30. 30.You ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) will build (b) built (c) builded (d) build
31. 31.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) rode (d) ridden
32. 32.___ we jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.Aditya did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) studying (c) studied (d) study
34. 34.___ I watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
35. 35.You did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) wash (b) washed (c) washes (d) washing
36. 36.___ my sister fly a kite last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
37. 37.I did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eating (b) eat (c) ate (d) eats
38. 38.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) runned (d) ran
39. 39.You did not ___ a song last week. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sang (d) sing
40. 40.Yash did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) studied

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