Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 56 · 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.Manav ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) has baked
2. 2.Dev did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) building (b) built (c) builds (d) build
3. 3.Rahul did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) runs (c) running (d) ran
4. 4.___ Aarav send a message last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
5. 5.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drunk
6. 6.My brother ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) will dance (b) has danced (c) danced (d) dances
7. 7.The students ___ the ball in 2023. (a) will throw (b) throw (c) threw (d) throwed
8. 8.You did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watching (b) watched (c) watch (d) watches
9. 9.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
10. 10.He ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writes (d) will write
11. 11.My sister did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
12. 12.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) taking (d) took
13. 13.We ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bake (b) will bake (c) have baked (d) baked
14. 14.My brother ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) sended (c) will send (d) sent
15. 15.___ she clean the room last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
17. 17.We did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaks
18. 18.Meera did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goes (b) go (c) going (d) went
19. 19.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) plant (d) have planted
20. 20.You ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) ride (c) rided (d) will ride
21. 21.___ you jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
22. 22.___ he play cricket last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
23. 23.You ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) will take (c) took (d) taked
24. 24.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
25. 25.They did not ___ the dog last week. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
26. 26.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drew
27. 27.___ my brother write a letter yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
28. 28.They ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) help (b) will help (c) have helped (d) helped
29. 29.You did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dance (d) dances
30. 30.I ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) will study (d) study
31. 31.She did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jog
32. 32.You ___ a song in 2023. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sing (d) sang
33. 33.I ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) will cook (c) cook (d) have cooked
34. 34.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) wearing (d) weared
35. 35.Myra did not ___ lunch last week. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brought
36. 36.My brother did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wears
37. 37.She ___ tea two days ago. (a) will make (b) maked (c) made (d) makes
38. 38.___ they jog in the park two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
39. 39.Ishaan ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) washed (c) will wash (d) has washed
40. 40.I did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studying (c) studied (d) studies

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