Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 483 · 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 bake a cake two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.___ he study science last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
3. 3.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will run (b) ran (c) run (d) runned
4. 4.___ she jog in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
5. 5.We ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) will cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked
6. 6.I ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) ride (d) rided
7. 7.She ___ for the team two days ago. (a) claps (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) has clapped
8. 8.Karan ___ science yesterday. (a) has studied (b) studied (c) will study (d) studies
9. 9.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) worn (d) weared
10. 10.___ Zoya carry the bag yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
11. 11.___ I clap for the team in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
12. 12.She ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) will swim (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swims
13. 13.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
14. 14.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drank
15. 15.He did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catching
16. 16.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimmed
17. 17.___ Aditya feed the dog two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.___ she go to school yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
19. 19.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
20. 20.The students ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) watch (c) have watched (d) watched
21. 21.Rahul ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) feeds (c) fed (d) will feed
22. 22.___ he build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
23. 23.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) spoke
24. 24.She did not ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writes (d) writing
25. 25.Aditya did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planting (b) planted (c) plant (d) plants
26. 26.We did not ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) going (c) goes (d) go
27. 27.Ishaan ___ a cake last week. (a) bakes (b) will bake (c) baked (d) has baked
28. 28.You did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played (d) playing
29. 29.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) rided (c) ridden (d) riding
30. 30.___ we eat a mango yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) ran (d) run
32. 32.My cousins ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) have washed (b) will wash (c) wash (d) washed
33. 33.She did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) makes (b) made (c) making (d) make
34. 34.Diya did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brought (d) brings
35. 35.They ___ the match last week. (a) winned (b) win (c) will win (d) won
36. 36.___ Myra take the train in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
37. 37.___ I study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.My sister ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washes (b) has washed (c) washed (d) will wash
39. 39.I ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watch (c) will watch (d) have watched
40. 40.We did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogged

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