Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 429 · 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.Dev ___ a message in 2023. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sended (d) will send
2. 2.___ I bake a cake last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
3. 3.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
4. 4.The students ___ a tree last week. (a) have climbed (b) climb (c) climbed (d) will climb
5. 5.___ I sing a song two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
6. 6.I ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rode (b) will ride (c) ride (d) rided
7. 7.I ___ a cap in 2023. (a) weared (b) will wear (c) wore (d) wear
8. 8.You did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draws (b) drew (c) drawing (d) draw
9. 9.The students did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clap
10. 10.He ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) maked (c) will make (d) made
11. 11.You did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) building (b) builds (c) built (d) build
12. 12.We did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eat (b) eats (c) eating (d) ate
13. 13.You ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climb (b) will climb (c) have climbed (d) climbed
14. 14.She did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cooking (d) cook
15. 15.My brother ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) has watched (d) watches
16. 16.Omkar ___ a message two days ago. (a) sends (b) sended (c) sent (d) will send
17. 17.He ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) will ride (b) rides (c) rode (d) rided
18. 18.They ___ the dog yesterday. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeded (d) feed
19. 19.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) running (d) run
20. 20.___ you clap for the team yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
21. 21.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swimming
22. 22.You ___ the room two days ago. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) cleaned
23. 23.___ they jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
24. 24.___ Isha fly a kite two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
25. 25.They ___ the room yesterday. (a) will clean (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) have cleaned
26. 26.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
27. 27.___ my sister watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.They did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) fly (c) flies (d) flying
29. 29.They ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) have baked (d) bake
30. 30.My sister did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rode (d) rides
31. 31.My brother ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringed (b) will bring (c) brings (d) brought
32. 32.We did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) planted
33. 33.We did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) sings (c) singing (d) sing
34. 34.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drawed (d) drew
35. 35.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) weared (c) worn (d) wore
36. 36.He ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runs (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
37. 37.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) taking (d) took
38. 38.He ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catched (c) will catch (d) catches
39. 39.I ___ for the team two days ago. (a) have clapped (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) clap
40. 40.Ananya ___ milk two days ago. (a) will drink (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drinks

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