Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 527 · 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 ___ tea last week. (a) maked (b) made (c) will make (d) make
2. 2.___ he climb a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
3. 3.I did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) clapped (d) claps
4. 4.They did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cooked
5. 5.___ you dance on the stage last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
6. 6.She did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) telling (b) tell (c) tells (d) told
7. 7.I ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) built (b) will build (c) build (d) builded
8. 8.___ the students play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.We ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drink (c) will drink (d) drinked
10. 10.Ishaan ___ a mango two days ago. (a) will eat (b) eats (c) eated (d) ate
11. 11.My brother ___ tea yesterday. (a) maked (b) makes (c) will make (d) made
12. 12.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flew (d) flying
13. 13.___ Yash plant a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
14. 14.Manav did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speak
15. 15.___ you bring lunch two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
16. 16.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drinking
17. 17.Nisha did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) climb
18. 18.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
19. 19.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
20. 20.You did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
21. 21.___ my sister play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
22. 22.They ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runned (b) ran (c) run (d) will run
23. 23.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
24. 24.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) ran (d) run
25. 25.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaking
26. 26.___ my brother plant a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
28. 28.___ the children run in the park last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
29. 29.I ___ a mango two days ago. (a) will eat (b) eat (c) eated (d) ate
30. 30.He did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rode (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
31. 31.My brother ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) has baked (d) bakes
32. 32.Arjun did not ___ the train last week. (a) took (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
33. 33.___ you swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
34. 34.___ my cousins dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
35. 35.They ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) will build (b) builded (c) built (d) build
36. 36.She did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) played
37. 37.They ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) will buy (b) bought (c) buyed (d) buy
38. 38.He did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) send (b) sending (c) sent (d) sends
39. 39.Omkar ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swims (d) swam
40. 40.Sneha ___ in the park two days ago. (a) has jogged (b) will jog (c) jogs (d) jogged

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