Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 525 · 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.I ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bringed (b) bring (c) brought (d) will bring
2. 2.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
3. 3.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
4. 4.I ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) builded (c) will build (d) build
5. 5.They did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch
6. 6.My brother did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) goes (c) go (d) going
7. 7.I ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plant (b) planted (c) have planted (d) will plant
8. 8.The students ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eat (b) ate (c) eated (d) will eat
9. 9.The students did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catching (c) catch (d) catches
10. 10.She did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) building (b) build (c) built (d) builds
11. 11.They did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) bought
12. 12.The children did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) singing (b) sing (c) sang (d) sings
13. 13.___ my friends feed the dog yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
14. 14.___ she study science in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
15. 15.They ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) have studied (c) will study (d) studied
16. 16.Riya ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carried (b) carries (c) has carried (d) will carry
17. 17.___ Diya win the match yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.My brother ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinks (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drank
19. 19.___ she go to school last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.They ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) rode (c) will ride (d) rided
21. 21.___ she play cricket last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
22. 22.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
23. 23.___ you buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
24. 24.I did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
25. 25.Riya ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) has jogged (c) jogged (d) will jog
26. 26.My sister did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buys (d) buying
27. 27.___ Tara study science last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
28. 28.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) took (d) taked
29. 29.___ they make tea two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
30. 30.___ I carry the bag last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.You ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) have baked (c) bake (d) will bake
32. 32.We ___ a song two days ago. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) sing (d) have sung
33. 33.She did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
34. 34.My parents did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baking (b) bake (c) baked (d) bakes
35. 35.I did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jog
36. 36.___ I study science yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
37. 37.She ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runned (b) will run (c) runs (d) ran
38. 38.We ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) watch (c) watched (d) have watched
39. 39.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
40. 40.___ we bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do

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