Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 496 · 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.She did not ___ the train last week. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take (d) took
2. 2.___ the children study science last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
3. 3.I ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wear (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wore
4. 4.___ my parents make tea in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
5. 5.___ they make tea in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
6. 6.My brother ___ lunch in 2023. (a) will bring (b) bringed (c) brings (d) brought
7. 7.He did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) fed
8. 8.My brother did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baked
9. 9.___ she jog in the park yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
10. 10.My friends did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) ran
11. 11.Rahul did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) went (b) going (c) go (d) goes
12. 12.My cousins did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) takes (c) took (d) taking
13. 13.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drank
14. 14.I ___ tea two days ago. (a) made (b) make (c) maked (d) will make
15. 15.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
16. 16.He ___ a cake two days ago. (a) has baked (b) bakes (c) baked (d) will bake
17. 17.You ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) will jog (d) have jogged
18. 18.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
19. 19.Nisha did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) claps (d) clapped
20. 20.She ___ a cake last week. (a) has baked (b) baked (c) bakes (d) will bake
21. 21.You did not ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) took
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) goed (d) gone
23. 23.They ___ a song last week. (a) have sung (b) sang (c) sing (d) will sing
24. 24.___ they eat a mango last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
25. 25.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
26. 26.You ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) studied (c) study (d) have studied
27. 27.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
28. 28.He did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writes (b) writing (c) write (d) wrote
29. 29.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flying
30. 30.___ she eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.My sister ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) will speak
32. 32.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rode (c) riding (d) rided
33. 33.___ she feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
34. 34.My brother ___ a cake two days ago. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) has baked
35. 35.You did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) wore (c) wears (d) wearing
36. 36.___ Omkar play cricket last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
37. 37.Rohan ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wears (b) will wear (c) wore (d) weared
38. 38.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) took (d) taked
39. 39.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speaked
40. 40.Manav did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooked

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