Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 473 · 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 “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
2. 2.___ you clean the room last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
3. 3.___ they wear a cap yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
4. 4.You ___ a mango yesterday. (a) ate (b) eated (c) eat (d) will eat
5. 5.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
6. 6.You ___ a song two days ago. (a) have sung (b) sing (c) will sing (d) sang
7. 7.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
8. 8.___ she ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.Manav ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) bought
10. 10.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinked
11. 11.My brother did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dances
12. 12.___ Ira take the train in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.My sister ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) telled (c) tells (d) will tell
14. 14.___ she feed the dog two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
15. 15.You ___ a message last Sunday. (a) will send (b) send (c) sent (d) sended
16. 16.___ we catch the ball last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
17. 17.You did not ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) runs (c) running (d) run
18. 18.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
19. 19.Rahul ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched
20. 20.I did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
21. 21.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flew (d) flying
22. 22.I ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) fly (c) will fly (d) flyed
23. 23.He ___ in the park last week. (a) will run (b) ran (c) runs (d) runned
24. 24.I did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooked
25. 25.___ the students cook rice yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.I ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) will speak (b) speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
27. 27.My cousins did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drink (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinks
28. 28.___ my parents run in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
29. 29.He ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) writed (d) writes
30. 30.We did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carried (d) carries
31. 31.___ my sister plant a tree in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
32. 32.I ___ for the team last week. (a) clapped (b) have clapped (c) will clap (d) clap
33. 33.She ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) has played (b) played (c) will play (d) plays
34. 34.He ___ tea in 2023. (a) will make (b) maked (c) makes (d) made
35. 35.I ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watch
36. 36.___ Saanvi play cricket yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
37. 37.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) written (d) writed
38. 38.___ she dance on the stage last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
39. 39.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
40. 40.Pooja ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rides (b) rode (c) rided (d) will ride

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