Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 251 · 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.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drinking
2. 2.He did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) fed
3. 3.My parents did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) dance (c) dancing (d) dances
4. 4.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will run (b) runned (c) ran (d) run
5. 5.My friends ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) sing (c) will sing (d) have sung
6. 6.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
7. 7.You did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rode (d) rides
8. 8.We ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked
9. 9.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) rided (d) riding
10. 10.I ___ science last week. (a) study (b) will study (c) studied (d) have studied
11. 11.Aditya did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carry
12. 12.You ___ the match last week. (a) win (b) will win (c) winned (d) won
13. 13.I ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked
14. 14.He ___ cricket in 2023. (a) has played (b) will play (c) plays (d) played
15. 15.My friends ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will plant (b) have planted (c) planted (d) plant
16. 16.Tara did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
17. 17.My sister ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) will tell (c) telled (d) tells
18. 18.We ___ science two days ago. (a) will study (b) have studied (c) study (d) studied
19. 19.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
20. 20.She did not ___ a story last week. (a) tells (b) telling (c) tell (d) told
21. 21.___ we help Grandma last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
22. 22.___ Ananya eat a mango in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
23. 23.___ they sing a song last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
24. 24.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) wrote (d) writing
25. 25.They did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feed (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feeding
26. 26.___ Diya climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
27. 27.My sister did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swims
28. 28.My brother ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) drew (c) draws (d) will draw
29. 29.Ananya did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
30. 30.We ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) have baked (c) bake (d) baked
31. 31.___ I take the train last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
32. 32.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
33. 33.I did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) builds (c) build (d) building
34. 34.We did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) buy (c) buying (d) bought
35. 35.We did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) ran (b) runs (c) run (d) running
36. 36.My parents ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) have planted (c) planted (d) will plant
37. 37.___ the students study science yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
38. 38.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) running
39. 39.Kabir did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eats (b) eat (c) eating (d) ate
40. 40.___ I write a letter last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was

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