Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 444 · 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.___ Tara eat a mango yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
2. 2.You ___ milk last week. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drink
3. 3.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
4. 4.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
5. 5.___ my friends win the match two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
6. 6.___ my brother cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
7. 7.___ I bring lunch in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
8. 8.You ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) feed (d) fed
9. 9.___ Aarav buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
10. 10.___ she sing a song last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
11. 11.___ my cousins carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
12. 12.The students ___ a story two days ago. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) told (d) telled
13. 13.___ she sing a song two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.___ Neel dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
15. 15.We ___ a cake last week. (a) bake (b) baked (c) have baked (d) will bake
16. 16.He ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rides (d) rided
17. 17.He ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapped (b) will clap (c) has clapped (d) claps
18. 18.We ___ the dishes last week. (a) washed (b) wash (c) have washed (d) will wash
19. 19.He did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
20. 20.Neel ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) planted (c) will plant (d) has planted
21. 21.___ my sister study science last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
22. 22.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
23. 23.___ we tell a story yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
24. 24.___ they feed the dog yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
25. 25.___ he eat a mango two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
26. 26.Rahul did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) running (c) runs (d) ran
27. 27.The students did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
28. 28.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taken (c) taked (d) taking
29. 29.We ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) danced (d) will dance
30. 30.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
31. 31.___ he study science yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.I ___ a tree two days ago. (a) have planted (b) will plant (c) planted (d) plant
33. 33.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
34. 34.The students did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eat (b) eats (c) ate (d) eating
35. 35.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
36. 36.They ___ cricket in 2023. (a) have played (b) played (c) will play (d) play
37. 37.My sister did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watching (b) watched (c) watches (d) watch
38. 38.My sister ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
39. 39.Vivaan did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
40. 40.My brother did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jog

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