Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 576 · 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 did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) took (b) taking (c) takes (d) take
2. 2.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
3. 3.I did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) told (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
4. 4.He ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flies (d) will fly
5. 5.My cousins did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) baked
6. 6.Meera ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) rode (c) rided (d) will ride
7. 7.I ___ tea in 2023. (a) will make (b) make (c) made (d) maked
8. 8.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
9. 9.You ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) will cook (d) have cooked
10. 10.Sneha ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) studies (c) has studied (d) will study
11. 11.___ she catch the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
12. 12.My friends ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climb (b) have climbed (c) will climb (d) climbed
13. 13.Karan ___ a song two days ago. (a) will sing (b) sings (c) has sung (d) sang
14. 14.They ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drawed (b) draw (c) will draw (d) drew
15. 15.You did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
16. 16.She ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) will ride (b) rides (c) rided (d) rode
17. 17.Tara ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) has carried (c) carries (d) carried
18. 18.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinking
19. 19.Nisha ___ the match two days ago. (a) wins (b) winned (c) will win (d) won
20. 20.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drawing
21. 21.Diya did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) studied (c) studies (d) studying
22. 22.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
23. 23.___ my brother sing a song in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
24. 24.You ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) will win (c) winned (d) win
25. 25.My friends ___ the bag two days ago. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) carry (d) have carried
26. 26.Riya did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleans
27. 27.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
28. 28.You ___ a mango last week. (a) ate (b) eated (c) eat (d) will eat
29. 29.They ___ a song two days ago. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sang (d) sing
30. 30.The students ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) will dance (d) danced
31. 31.___ they plant a tree in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
32. 32.Omkar ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) flies (d) flew
33. 33.___ Kabir jog in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
34. 34.I ___ on the stage last week. (a) dance (b) will dance (c) have danced (d) danced
35. 35.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) running
36. 36.Isha ___ tea in 2023. (a) makes (b) made (c) maked (d) will make
37. 37.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
38. 38.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
39. 39.He ___ tea two days ago. (a) made (b) will make (c) maked (d) makes
40. 40.Aarav did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writing (b) writes (c) wrote (d) write

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