Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 57 · 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 “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
2. 2.Rahul did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) fed
3. 3.___ we buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.You did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studying (b) studied (c) study (d) studies
5. 5.You did not ___ a message last week. (a) sending (b) sends (c) send (d) sent
6. 6.My friends did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleaned
7. 7.Karan ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bakes (b) has baked (c) baked (d) will bake
8. 8.___ my brother drink milk two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
9. 9.___ we fly a kite two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.We did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clap (b) claps (c) clapped (d) clapping
11. 11.She ___ rice last week. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) cooks
12. 12.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
13. 13.I ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) will play (c) have played (d) play
14. 14.My sister ___ a cake last week. (a) bakes (b) will bake (c) baked (d) has baked
15. 15.I did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dance (b) dances (c) danced (d) dancing
16. 16.We did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cooking (d) cook
17. 17.___ I throw the ball yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
18. 18.Priya ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) drew (d) draws
19. 19.___ we jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
20. 20.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drunk
21. 21.___ we drink milk yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
22. 22.___ they make tea last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
23. 23.She did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) ride (b) rides (c) rode (d) riding
24. 24.My sister did not ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
25. 25.He did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eating (d) eat
26. 26.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
27. 27.___ Ananya jog in the park in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
28. 28.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) went (d) gone
29. 29.The children did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleaned
30. 30.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
31. 31.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swimming
32. 32.He did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched (d) watching
33. 33.___ Ananya bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
34. 34.___ Aisha clean the room last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
35. 35.He ___ the bag two days ago. (a) has carried (b) carries (c) will carry (d) carried
36. 36.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) weared (c) wearing (d) worn
37. 37.I did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) take (b) takes (c) took (d) taking
38. 38.Vivaan ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rides (b) rode (c) will ride (d) rided
39. 39.___ they drink milk last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
40. 40.___ we carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do

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