Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 535 · 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 ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) drinked (d) will drink
2. 2.___ my parents play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
3. 3.I did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drawing (d) drew
4. 4.___ I wear a cap yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
5. 5.She ___ in the park yesterday. (a) has jogged (b) will jog (c) jogs (d) jogged
6. 6.I did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) play (b) plays (c) playing (d) played
7. 7.Kabir ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) goed (c) will go (d) goes
8. 8.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
9. 9.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
10. 10.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
11. 11.___ we carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.Yash ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) has washed (b) washed (c) washes (d) will wash
13. 13.She did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flying (b) flew (c) flies (d) fly
14. 14.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
15. 15.___ I study science last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
16. 16.___ we run in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) running (d) run
18. 18.She did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
19. 19.We did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) played
20. 20.She ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) will play (c) has played (d) plays
21. 21.My brother ___ the room last Sunday. (a) has cleaned (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) will clean
22. 22.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taking (c) taken (d) taked
23. 23.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) ridden (d) rided
24. 24.___ Rahul bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.You did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eat (b) ate (c) eating (d) eats
26. 26.___ we speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.___ she carry the bag last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
28. 28.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
29. 29.Manav did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) win (b) won (c) winning (d) wins
30. 30.___ you build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
31. 31.My cousins ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) will wash (c) have washed (d) wash
32. 32.___ Kavya tell a story yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
33. 33.You ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) bake (d) have baked
34. 34.The children ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) watch
35. 35.He ___ a mango in 2023. (a) will eat (b) eats (c) eated (d) ate
36. 36.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
37. 37.She ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) will win (c) winned (d) won
38. 38.We ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) will dance (b) dance (c) danced (d) have danced
39. 39.He did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) wearing (c) wears (d) wear
40. 40.Myra did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throws (d) throwing

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