Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 270 · 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 bake a cake yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
2. 2.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) rided (d) ridden
3. 3.___ you win the match last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.They did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) takes (b) took (c) take (d) taking
5. 5.They did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carry (d) carried
6. 6.I did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) telling (b) tells (c) tell (d) told
7. 7.___ she drink milk last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
8. 8.My brother ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) will draw (b) draws (c) drew (d) drawed
9. 9.___ she take the train yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
10. 10.My brother did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) make (c) making (d) makes
11. 11.___ my parents watch a cartoon last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throwed (d) thrown
13. 13.He ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feeded
14. 14.The students ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) will feed (c) feed (d) feeded
15. 15.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) writing (d) wrote
16. 16.You did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plant (b) planted (c) planting (d) plants
17. 17.I ___ a story yesterday. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) told (d) telled
18. 18.I ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builded (b) will build (c) built (d) build
19. 19.Aisha ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) speaks (d) will speak
20. 20.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
21. 21.He ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writes (b) will write (c) writed (d) wrote
22. 22.___ my cousins play cricket two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.He ___ a tree yesterday. (a) has planted (b) will plant (c) plants (d) planted
24. 24.Omkar did not ___ lunch last week. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brings
25. 25.___ you carry the bag last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
26. 26.Kunal did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taking (b) takes (c) take (d) took
27. 27.___ you eat a mango last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
28. 28.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flying (d) flew
29. 29.We did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) makes (b) made (c) making (d) make
30. 30.___ you write a letter yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
31. 31.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
32. 32.He ___ milk last week. (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drinks (d) will drink
33. 33.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swimmed
34. 34.I ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cook (d) cooked
35. 35.___ he build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
36. 36.We ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taked (b) will take (c) take (d) took
37. 37.Priya ___ the dishes last week. (a) has washed (b) washed (c) will wash (d) washes
38. 38.We ___ a message two days ago. (a) will send (b) send (c) sent (d) sended
39. 39.___ the students jog in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
40. 40.I did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rode (d) rides

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