Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 275 · 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.My brother did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
2. 2.He ___ a tree last week. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) has planted (d) plants
3. 3.___ my cousins ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
4. 4.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
5. 5.___ Kunal go to school last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
6. 6.They ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drinked (d) drank
7. 7.___ they plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
8. 8.We ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) ride (b) rode (c) will ride (d) rided
9. 9.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
10. 10.He ___ tea last Sunday. (a) maked (b) will make (c) made (d) makes
11. 11.Yash did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) played
12. 12.She ___ a letter two days ago. (a) will write (b) writes (c) wrote (d) writed
13. 13.___ she feed the dog yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
14. 14.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writed
15. 15.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
16. 16.___ the students buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.My friends did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watched (d) watch
18. 18.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) went (d) gone
19. 19.You did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baked
20. 20.He ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rode (b) rided (c) will ride (d) rides
21. 21.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) spoken
22. 22.___ you sing a song last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
23. 23.They did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dance
24. 24.I did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writing (b) write (c) wrote (d) writes
25. 25.___ he ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
26. 26.My brother ___ a mango in 2023. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) eats
27. 27.Zoya ___ a story yesterday. (a) tells (b) telled (c) will tell (d) told
28. 28.___ you wash the dishes last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
29. 29.My sister ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) dances (c) will dance (d) has danced
30. 30.They ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) watch
31. 31.He ___ science last week. (a) has studied (b) will study (c) studied (d) studies
32. 32.He did not ___ a mango last week. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eating (d) eats
33. 33.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) throwing
34. 34.She did not ___ milk last week. (a) drinking (b) drinks (c) drank (d) drink
35. 35.___ they speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.Myra did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bake (b) baking (c) baked (d) bakes
37. 37.My parents did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taking (b) take (c) takes (d) took
38. 38.They did not ___ the ball last week. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) threw
39. 39.She ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) has cooked (c) will cook (d) cooks
40. 40.We did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) told (c) tell (d) telling

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