Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 387 · 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 “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
2. 2.___ you feed the dog in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
3. 3.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) spoken
4. 4.My cousins ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) will bring
5. 5.___ she bake a cake last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
6. 6.___ you climb a tree yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
7. 7.You did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogging
8. 8.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eating
9. 9.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
10. 10.___ they go to school last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
11. 11.The children did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washing (b) washes (c) washed (d) wash
12. 12.___ I climb a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
13. 13.You did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) studied
14. 14.___ my brother cook rice two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
15. 15.You ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) have baked (b) bake (c) baked (d) will bake
16. 16.You ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) have watched (c) watched (d) will watch
17. 17.___ my friends ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.Manav ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) feeds (c) will feed (d) fed
19. 19.___ Rohan wear a cap yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
20. 20.___ they throw the ball in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
21. 21.Aditya ___ a message yesterday. (a) sended (b) sent (c) will send (d) sends
22. 22.___ he climb a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
23. 23.___ she bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
24. 24.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
25. 25.Isha did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drew (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
26. 26.___ we write a letter last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
27. 27.He ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) has planted (c) plants (d) will plant
28. 28.Neel did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) swam
29. 29.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drawing
30. 30.He ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) will cook (c) cooks (d) has cooked
31. 31.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
32. 32.I did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eats (b) eat (c) ate (d) eating
33. 33.___ they build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.___ we build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
35. 35.You did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) spoke
36. 36.Arjun did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) building (b) builds (c) built (d) build
37. 37.___ you send a message last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
38. 38.Aditya did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sing (d) sings
39. 39.___ my brother feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
40. 40.___ I drink milk in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did

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