Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 384 · 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 “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
2. 2.My parents ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) wash (b) washed (c) have washed (d) will wash
3. 3.___ they eat a mango yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.I did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watched (d) watches
5. 5.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
6. 6.You did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) told (c) telling (d) tell
7. 7.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
8. 8.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaking
9. 9.___ Manav speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
10. 10.They did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
11. 11.___ Myra buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
12. 12.She did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jogged
13. 13.___ my brother watch a cartoon last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
14. 14.You ___ a letter two days ago. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writed (d) will write
15. 15.___ Aisha bring lunch two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
16. 16.I ___ tea yesterday. (a) maked (b) make (c) will make (d) made
17. 17.___ she feed the dog yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.You ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) will eat
19. 19.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) have sung (b) sing (c) will sing (d) sang
20. 20.We ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rided (b) will ride (c) ride (d) rode
21. 21.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drinking
22. 22.We ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) will plant (c) have planted (d) planted
23. 23.You did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goes (b) went (c) go (d) going
24. 24.___ Omkar clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
26. 26.My sister did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapping (d) clapped
27. 27.He ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) will write (d) writed
28. 28.My brother did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carry (d) carrying
29. 29.The children did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) tell (c) tells (d) telling
30. 30.They did not ___ lunch last week. (a) bring (b) brought (c) bringing (d) brings
31. 31.___ Ananya wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
32. 32.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) went (d) going
33. 33.They ___ on the stage last week. (a) will dance (b) dance (c) danced (d) have danced
34. 34.Karan did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drew (d) drawing
35. 35.My parents did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) cleaned
36. 36.He ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) played (c) has played (d) will play
37. 37.I did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bake (b) baked (c) bakes (d) baking
38. 38.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
39. 39.___ she bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
40. 40.He ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) watches (d) has watched

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