Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 230 · 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.He ___ milk two days ago. (a) will drink (b) drinks (c) drinked (d) drank
2. 2.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) took (c) taked (d) taking
3. 3.___ they help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
5. 5.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
6. 6.___ you send a message two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
7. 7.___ my friends clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
8. 8.Isha did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catch (d) catches
9. 9.She did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baked (d) baking
10. 10.He ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) will tell (c) told (d) telled
11. 11.___ they buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
12. 12.___ you bring lunch yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
13. 13.He did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rides (b) rode (c) riding (d) ride
14. 14.We ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drinked (b) drink (c) drank (d) will drink
15. 15.He ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) will sing (c) has sung (d) sang
16. 16.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drinking
17. 17.Aditya did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) went (b) goes (c) going (d) go
18. 18.They did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) makes (c) make (d) making
19. 19.___ Pooja send a message last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
20. 20.I did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drawing (b) drew (c) draw (d) draws
21. 21.My sister ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bakes (b) will bake (c) has baked (d) baked
22. 22.We did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runs
23. 23.She ___ in the park yesterday. (a) has jogged (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) will jog
24. 24.My brother did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buys (d) buying
25. 25.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flown
26. 26.___ the children ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.I ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) built (b) build (c) builded (d) will build
28. 28.Aarav did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) tells (b) telling (c) told (d) tell
29. 29.___ we plant a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
30. 30.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) threw (d) thrown
31. 31.___ my parents play cricket last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
32. 32.___ we watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
34. 34.They ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) take (c) will take (d) took
35. 35.We did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) play (b) played (c) plays (d) playing
36. 36.___ Priya ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
37. 37.___ you fly a kite two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
38. 38.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) plant (c) planted (d) have planted
39. 39.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
40. 40.___ they swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do

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