Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 242 · 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.Sneha ___ tea yesterday. (a) makes (b) will make (c) maked (d) made
2. 2.We ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) write (c) wrote (d) writed
3. 3.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) ridden (d) rode
4. 4.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swimming
5. 5.My brother ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) will wash (b) washed (c) has washed (d) washes
6. 6.They did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writing (b) wrote (c) writes (d) write
7. 7.He ___ a story yesterday. (a) tells (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
8. 8.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) written (d) writed
9. 9.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
10. 10.My sister ___ lunch two days ago. (a) will bring (b) brings (c) brought (d) bringed
11. 11.You did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sending (b) sent (c) sends (d) send
12. 12.Ananya did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) win (c) winning (d) wins
13. 13.You ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) bring
14. 14.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
15. 15.My sister did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) baked (d) bake
16. 16.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
17. 17.They ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writed (b) wrote (c) will write (d) write
18. 18.My parents did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helped (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
19. 19.I did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) plays (c) played (d) play
20. 20.We ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) drew (c) drawed (d) will draw
21. 21.She ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) has played (c) plays (d) will play
22. 22.I did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) fed
23. 23.They did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapped
24. 24.Karan did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) ran (b) runs (c) run (d) running
25. 25.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) threw
26. 26.My friends ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feed (c) will feed (d) feeded
27. 27.I ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) made (c) maked (d) make
28. 28.My brother ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rides (b) rided (c) will ride (d) rode
29. 29.You ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) study (c) have studied (d) will study
30. 30.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
31. 31.The children ___ the match last Sunday. (a) will win (b) winned (c) won (d) win
32. 32.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
33. 33.___ she drink milk last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
34. 34.He did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) making (b) makes (c) make (d) made
35. 35.I ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) have washed (c) wash (d) will wash
36. 36.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sing (d) sang
37. 37.My friends ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cook (b) have cooked (c) cooked (d) will cook
38. 38.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) have played (b) played (c) play (d) will play
39. 39.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
40. 40.Aditya ___ science in 2023. (a) has studied (b) will study (c) studies (d) studied

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