Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 249 · 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.___ you send a message last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
2. 2.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eating (d) eated
3. 3.The students did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
4. 4.Omkar did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) playing (b) played (c) plays (d) play
5. 5.I did not ___ the ball last week. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
6. 6.___ my brother plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.___ I tell a story last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
8. 8.___ Aarav feed the dog last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.You did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flying (d) flew
10. 10.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
11. 11.They did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feed (d) feeds
12. 12.My sister did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) sang
13. 13.You ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) drew (d) draw
14. 14.___ he bring lunch yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.___ the children make tea in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
16. 16.You did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rides (b) rode (c) riding (d) ride
17. 17.___ Dev jog in the park two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
18. 18.___ my sister help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
19. 19.My parents did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapped (d) clapping
20. 20.I did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) climb
21. 21.He ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) cooks (c) has cooked (d) cooked
22. 22.Zoya ___ a story two days ago. (a) will tell (b) told (c) telled (d) tells
23. 23.She ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinked (b) drinks (c) drank (d) will drink
24. 24.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) ran (c) will run (d) runned
25. 25.The children ___ a message yesterday. (a) will send (b) send (c) sended (d) sent
26. 26.We did not ___ lunch last week. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
27. 27.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) threw
28. 28.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
29. 29.I did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch
30. 30.___ you wear a cap two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
31. 31.He ___ lunch in 2023. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) brings
32. 32.They ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) write (d) will write
33. 33.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
34. 34.Isha ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) will dance (c) dances (d) has danced
35. 35.We did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) planted
36. 36.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking
37. 37.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) ridden (d) rided
38. 38.She ___ the train two days ago. (a) takes (b) will take (c) took (d) taked
39. 39.My cousins did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carry (d) carries
40. 40.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked

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