Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 572 · 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.You ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drinked (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drink
2. 2.___ I take the train yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
3. 3.She did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drank
4. 4.___ I clap for the team in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
5. 5.___ Aisha bake a cake two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
6. 6.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swum
7. 7.___ my sister play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
8. 8.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawed
9. 9.___ we drink milk in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
10. 10.My sister ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) will watch (c) watched (d) has watched
11. 11.They ___ a picture yesterday. (a) will draw (b) drew (c) drawed (d) draw
12. 12.They ___ on the stage last week. (a) have danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dance
13. 13.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) threw (d) thrown
14. 14.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) running (d) run
15. 15.She ___ a cartoon last week. (a) has watched (b) watches (c) watched (d) will watch
16. 16.I did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) building (c) build (d) builds
17. 17.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) speaking
18. 18.___ we sing a song in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
19. 19.I ___ the match two days ago. (a) winned (b) win (c) won (d) will win
20. 20.I ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bring (b) will bring (c) bringed (d) brought
21. 21.Isha ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringed (b) brings (c) brought (d) will bring
22. 22.___ you bake a cake last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
23. 23.___ he watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
25. 25.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eated
26. 26.My sister did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) bake (d) baking
27. 27.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
28. 28.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
29. 29.My cousins ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swimmed (d) will swim
30. 30.We did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) tell (b) told (c) tells (d) telling
31. 31.They ___ the bag two days ago. (a) have carried (b) carry (c) will carry (d) carried
32. 32.My brother did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
33. 33.Rohan ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleans (d) has cleaned
34. 34.___ Ananya dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
35. 35.She ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) will build (c) builded (d) built
36. 36.___ my sister buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
37. 37.You did not ___ cricket last week. (a) play (b) playing (c) played (d) plays
38. 38.I ___ a message last Sunday. (a) will send (b) sent (c) sended (d) send
39. 39.___ they tell a story in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
40. 40.___ you tell a story yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was

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