Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 518 · 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 “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) written (d) writed
2. 2.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
3. 3.She ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) has watched (c) watches (d) watched
4. 4.___ Ishaan watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
5. 5.We did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helping (b) help (c) helps (d) helped
6. 6.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) weared (d) wearing
7. 7.I did not ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sending (d) send
8. 8.___ he take the train yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
9. 9.Diya did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) baking (d) bake
10. 10.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drawed
11. 11.She did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinking (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drank
12. 12.Yash did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tell (b) told (c) tells (d) telling
13. 13.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flying
14. 14.I ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) help (c) have helped (d) will help
15. 15.___ my sister write a letter last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
16. 16.They ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) went (c) goed (d) will go
17. 17.Pooja did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wear (d) wearing
18. 18.___ you tell a story last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.___ he wear a cap yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
20. 20.She ___ the ball last week. (a) catched (b) caught (c) catches (d) will catch
21. 21.I ___ tea two days ago. (a) made (b) make (c) maked (d) will make
22. 22.I ___ a mango last week. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) eat (d) ate
23. 23.You ___ cricket last week. (a) have played (b) played (c) will play (d) play
24. 24.We did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
25. 25.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eaten (d) eating
26. 26.She did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) flew (c) flying (d) fly
27. 27.___ we ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
28. 28.___ you jog in the park yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
29. 29.___ I make tea yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
30. 30.Kunal ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swims (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) will swim
31. 31.Neel ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) has washed (b) will wash (c) washed (d) washes
32. 32.We ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bring (d) will bring
33. 33.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) spoken
34. 34.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
35. 35.The children ___ tea in 2023. (a) made (b) maked (c) will make (d) make
36. 36.They did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catching (b) catch (c) catches (d) caught
37. 37.You did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sending (d) send
38. 38.Neel did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogged
39. 39.___ Kabir throw the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
40. 40.She ___ to school last Sunday. (a) went (b) goes (c) will go (d) goed

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