Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 469 · 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.___ we watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.___ Ishaan swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
3. 3.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
4. 4.___ my parents ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
6. 6.___ my brother buy vegetables last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
7. 7.I ___ a story yesterday. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) told (d) telled
8. 8.___ we go to school two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawing
10. 10.___ my sister clean the room two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
11. 11.She did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feeding
12. 12.My sister ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) has cooked
13. 13.___ I cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.She ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sent (c) will send (d) sended
15. 15.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) ate (d) eating
16. 16.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
17. 17.___ I wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
18. 18.We ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) build (b) built (c) will build (d) builded
19. 19.We did not ___ to school last week. (a) go (b) goes (c) going (d) went
20. 20.I did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clap (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) claps
21. 21.You ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) went (d) going
23. 23.They ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) took (c) taked (d) will take
24. 24.She did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
25. 25.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drunk
26. 26.Aarav ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sended (c) will send (d) sent
27. 27.My friends did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) takes (b) take (c) took (d) taking
28. 28.___ Priya fly a kite yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
29. 29.___ I go to school last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
30. 30.___ Aditya speak Hindi last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
31. 31.You did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clap (b) clapped (c) claps (d) clapping
32. 32.___ they drink milk yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
33. 33.She ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studies
34. 34.I ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) will swim (b) swimmed (c) swim (d) swam
35. 35.___ my sister buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
36. 36.___ I bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
37. 37.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) writing (d) written
38. 38.___ the students drink milk two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
39. 39.My brother ___ the train yesterday. (a) taked (b) will take (c) takes (d) took
40. 40.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building

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