Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 424 · 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) rode (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rided
2. 2.I ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) build (c) will build (d) builded
3. 3.My cousins did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) drank (d) drinking
4. 4.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawing
5. 5.He did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) cook
6. 6.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drank
7. 7.___ you sing a song last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
8. 8.Priya did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) draws (c) drawing (d) draw
9. 9.___ you drink milk last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
10. 10.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
11. 11.You did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climb
12. 12.She did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) bake (c) baked (d) baking
13. 13.We did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
14. 14.___ my cousins plant a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.___ you climb a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
16. 16.He ___ a song last week. (a) will sing (b) has sung (c) sang (d) sings
17. 17.___ I go to school last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
18. 18.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
19. 19.___ Manav plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writed (d) writing
21. 21.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taken (d) taking
22. 22.___ he catch the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.Pooja ___ a story last week. (a) tells (b) told (c) will tell (d) telled
24. 24.You did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sent (b) send (c) sending (d) sends
25. 25.We did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) helped
26. 26.___ my sister play cricket last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
27. 27.You ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) will play (c) play (d) have played
28. 28.He did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
29. 29.You did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
30. 30.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) wearing (d) weared
31. 31.___ you play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.___ you drink milk last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
33. 33.___ my sister tell a story two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
34. 34.My brother did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helped (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
35. 35.She did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
36. 36.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
37. 37.She did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) cooking (d) cooks
38. 38.___ Kabir tell a story yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
39. 39.___ the children feed the dog yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
40. 40.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) ran (d) running

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