Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 286 · 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.___ Zoya climb a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.We ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swim
3. 3.He did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogging
4. 4.He ___ a story last week. (a) will tell (b) told (c) tells (d) telled
5. 5.___ my cousins play cricket in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
6. 6.___ you jog in the park two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
7. 7.___ my friends ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
8. 8.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) weared (c) wore (d) worn
9. 9.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
10. 10.___ they bring lunch last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
11. 11.We ___ tea yesterday. (a) make (b) maked (c) made (d) will make
12. 12.You ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) telled (c) will tell (d) tell
13. 13.The children ___ milk yesterday. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drink (d) drank
14. 14.___ she bake a cake two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
15. 15.Rohan ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) has baked (b) will bake (c) baked (d) bakes
16. 16.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinking
17. 17.___ she bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.Ishaan ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) cooks (c) has cooked (d) cooked
19. 19.My brother did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) watched
20. 20.You did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dance (d) dances
21. 21.My sister ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feeded
22. 22.___ Arjun help Grandma yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
24. 24.They did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
25. 25.___ you drink milk two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
26. 26.You did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eat (d) eats
27. 27.They ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wear (b) weared (c) wore (d) will wear
28. 28.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) ridden (d) rode
29. 29.My friends did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) threw
30. 30.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eating
31. 31.I did not ___ the ball last week. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) throw (d) threw
32. 32.I ___ a song last week. (a) sing (b) sang (c) will sing (d) have sung
33. 33.My brother did not ___ the match last week. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins (d) won
34. 34.We did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) writes (c) write (d) writing
35. 35.She ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) will buy (b) buys (c) buyed (d) bought
36. 36.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
37. 37.They did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) write (d) writing
38. 38.Zoya ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helped (b) helps (c) will help (d) has helped
39. 39.Kavya did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rides (b) ride (c) rode (d) riding
40. 40.They ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feed (d) will feed

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