Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 285 · 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.Aisha did not ___ milk last week. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drinks
2. 2.___ he write a letter last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
3. 3.The students did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
4. 4.He did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catch (b) caught (c) catching (d) catches
5. 5.You ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feed (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeded
6. 6.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drinked
7. 7.I ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
8. 8.___ my friends catch the ball yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
9. 9.I ___ tea in 2023. (a) maked (b) made (c) will make (d) make
10. 10.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
11. 11.You did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wear (b) wore (c) wears (d) wearing
12. 12.___ my brother play cricket two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.She ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helps (b) helped (c) will help (d) has helped
14. 14.I did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
15. 15.I did not ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) played
16. 16.You ___ a message yesterday. (a) will send (b) sended (c) sent (d) send
17. 17.My sister did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clapped (d) clap
18. 18.___ my sister ride a bicycle last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.Kabir did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) baking
20. 20.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eated (d) eating
21. 21.He ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) has planted (c) will plant (d) plants
22. 22.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rided (d) rode
23. 23.You ___ a tree last week. (a) climb (b) have climbed (c) will climb (d) climbed
24. 24.He ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writed (b) wrote (c) will write (d) writes
25. 25.___ we clean the room last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
26. 26.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
27. 27.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
28. 28.___ Tara tell a story in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
29. 29.They ___ science in 2023. (a) will study (b) studied (c) study (d) have studied
30. 30.We ___ the match last Sunday. (a) win (b) will win (c) won (d) winned
31. 31.She ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) has climbed (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) will climb
32. 32.___ Aarav climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
33. 33.___ my brother study science last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
34. 34.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) spoken
35. 35.Meera did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) baked (d) bake
36. 36.Diya did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) wash (b) washed (c) washing (d) washes
37. 37.I ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) have baked (c) bake (d) baked
38. 38.Rohan ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eats (b) will eat (c) eated (d) ate
39. 39.He did not ___ the train last week. (a) taking (b) takes (c) take (d) took
40. 40.You ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringed (b) will bring (c) bring (d) brought

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