Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 274 · 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.___ she plant a tree in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
2. 2.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) speaking
3. 3.She did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) bake (d) baked
4. 4.He ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) writes
5. 5.You did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sent (b) sending (c) send (d) sends
6. 6.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
7. 7.We ___ a story yesterday. (a) tell (b) told (c) will tell (d) telled
8. 8.He ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) will bake (c) has baked (d) bakes
9. 9.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
10. 10.___ I catch the ball last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
11. 11.___ they run in the park last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
12. 12.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) thrown (c) throwed (d) throwing
13. 13.My brother did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dances (d) dance
14. 14.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
15. 15.___ we go to school last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
17. 17.You did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rides (b) ride (c) riding (d) rode
18. 18.___ we drink milk yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
19. 19.___ Karan plant a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
20. 20.___ Aditya win the match yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.___ they play cricket in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
22. 22.___ you sing a song two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
23. 23.You did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) planted
24. 24.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writed (d) writing
25. 25.My friends ___ a story yesterday. (a) telled (b) told (c) will tell (d) tell
26. 26.They did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) going (c) goes (d) went
27. 27.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) run (d) runned
28. 28.She ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) will bring (c) bringed (d) brings
29. 29.My brother ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringed (b) will bring (c) brings (d) brought
30. 30.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
31. 31.You ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rided (d) ride
32. 32.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flyed (c) flown (d) flew
33. 33.You did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) running (b) runs (c) run (d) ran
34. 34.Meera ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baked (b) has baked (c) will bake (d) bakes
35. 35.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimming
36. 36.___ I draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
37. 37.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) taked (d) took
38. 38.My sister did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writing (b) writes (c) wrote (d) write
39. 39.The children did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
40. 40.My cousins ___ a cake two days ago. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) bake (d) have baked

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