Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 373 · 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.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rided (d) rode
2. 2.Aarav did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) riding (c) rides (d) ride
3. 3.My parents did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sends (b) sent (c) send (d) sending
4. 4.The children ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) jogged (c) jog (d) will jog
5. 5.You ___ a picture two days ago. (a) will draw (b) draw (c) drawed (d) drew
6. 6.My sister ___ a song in 2023. (a) sings (b) has sung (c) will sing (d) sang
7. 7.Saanvi did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
8. 8.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) writed (d) wrote
9. 9.We did not ___ milk last week. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drinks
10. 10.She ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builded (b) built (c) builds (d) will build
11. 11.___ Ananya draw a picture two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
12. 12.___ we jog in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
13. 13.We ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) help (b) helped (c) have helped (d) will help
14. 14.She did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) dances (c) danced (d) dancing
15. 15.Neel ___ a message in 2023. (a) sent (b) sends (c) sended (d) will send
16. 16.We did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carried (d) carries
17. 17.We did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) fed
18. 18.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
19. 19.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
20. 20.My friends ___ the match in 2023. (a) win (b) winned (c) won (d) will win
21. 21.We did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) clean
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) goed (c) went (d) gone
23. 23.They did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) went (b) goes (c) go (d) going
24. 24.Kavya did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) baked (d) bake
25. 25.___ Neel buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
26. 26.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
27. 27.He ___ science in 2023. (a) has studied (b) studied (c) studies (d) will study
28. 28.They ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) will ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) ride
29. 29.My parents ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drinked (b) drank (c) will drink (d) drink
30. 30.___ she make tea two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.___ my brother play cricket last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
32. 32.She ___ a picture in 2023. (a) will draw (b) draws (c) drew (d) drawed
33. 33.You did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) draws (c) drawing (d) drew
34. 34.Manav did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooked
35. 35.___ the children wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
36. 36.We ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) write (c) writed (d) will write
37. 37.I ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eated (b) eat (c) ate (d) will eat
38. 38.Pooja did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaking
39. 39.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) wore (d) weared
40. 40.They did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helping (b) help (c) helped (d) helps

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