Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 401 · 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.He did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) telling (c) tell (d) told
2. 2.My parents did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) planting (c) plant (d) planted
3. 3.She ___ the ball last week. (a) threw (b) will throw (c) throws (d) throwed
4. 4.You ___ a cake two days ago. (a) will bake (b) have baked (c) bake (d) baked
5. 5.He ___ a story last week. (a) telled (b) tells (c) will tell (d) told
6. 6.___ you ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
7. 7.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
8. 8.We did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) riding (b) rides (c) ride (d) rode
9. 9.___ Kavya feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
10. 10.They ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) danced (d) will dance
11. 11.I did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
12. 12.Myra did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
13. 13.We did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapped (b) clap (c) claps (d) clapping
14. 14.My friends ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drinked (d) drank
15. 15.We ___ the match two days ago. (a) win (b) winned (c) won (d) will win
16. 16.Meera ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) has planted (c) will plant (d) planted
17. 17.___ you build a sandcastle last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
18. 18.___ Kabir help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
19. 19.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
20. 20.___ my brother win the match last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.You ___ a bicycle last week. (a) ride (b) rode (c) rided (d) will ride
22. 22.___ Neel feed the dog in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
23. 23.You ___ a message in 2023. (a) sended (b) send (c) will send (d) sent
24. 24.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taking (c) taked (d) taken
25. 25.My brother did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooked
26. 26.The students ___ the match two days ago. (a) winned (b) win (c) will win (d) won
27. 27.Aarav ___ for the team two days ago. (a) will clap (b) claps (c) clapped (d) has clapped
28. 28.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drawn (d) drew
29. 29.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
30. 30.We did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) catches (c) catching (d) caught
31. 31.___ we bake a cake last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
32. 32.Ira ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flies (b) flew (c) flyed (d) will fly
33. 33.She ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) has watched (c) watched (d) will watch
34. 34.___ my brother send a message two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
35. 35.___ you bake a cake two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.You did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) study (c) studies (d) studying
37. 37.My sister did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
38. 38.___ Aditya ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
39. 39.She ___ milk in 2023. (a) drank (b) will drink (c) drinked (d) drinks
40. 40.___ Manav send a message yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was

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