Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 335 · 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.Pooja ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helps (b) has helped (c) helped (d) will help
2. 2.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) rided (c) riding (d) ridden
3. 3.He did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flew (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
4. 4.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawed
5. 5.My brother did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) fly (b) flew (c) flies (d) flying
6. 6.He ___ in the park last week. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) has jogged (d) jogs
7. 7.The children did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) build (c) built (d) building
8. 8.My brother ___ the bag two days ago. (a) has carried (b) will carry (c) carried (d) carries
9. 9.My brother ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) planted
10. 10.___ they swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
11. 11.My friends did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbed
12. 12.___ Yash wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) wore (d) weared
14. 14.Priya did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feed
15. 15.She ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flies (b) flew (c) flyed (d) will fly
16. 16.He ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) will swim (b) swimmed (c) swims (d) swam
17. 17.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) run (d) running
18. 18.___ my sister feed the dog last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
20. 20.My sister did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) sang
21. 21.They did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writing (b) writes (c) write (d) wrote
22. 22.___ we tell a story two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.___ my cousins help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.Priya ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) will cook (c) has cooked (d) cooks
25. 25.I did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
26. 26.My brother ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinked (b) drinks (c) drank (d) will drink
27. 27.You ___ Hindi last week. (a) will speak (b) speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
28. 28.You did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eat (d) eats
29. 29.___ my brother win the match in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
30. 30.They ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) will build (b) builded (c) built (d) build
31. 31.The children did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
32. 32.My sister ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builds (b) will build (c) built (d) builded
33. 33.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
34. 34.You ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plant (b) have planted (c) planted (d) will plant
35. 35.___ we wear a cap yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
36. 36.My parents ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
37. 37.My sister did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feeding
38. 38.We ___ tea two days ago. (a) will make (b) make (c) maked (d) made
39. 39.My brother ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) has clapped
40. 40.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinked

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