Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 588 · 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.We did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) wore (c) wearing (d) wears
2. 2.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
3. 3.She did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writing (b) write (c) wrote (d) writes
4. 4.___ the students go to school yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
5. 5.My cousins did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) send (b) sends (c) sending (d) sent
6. 6.___ Neel build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
7. 7.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) rided (d) ridden
8. 8.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
9. 9.Dev did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sending (d) send
10. 10.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
11. 11.They did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wears (d) wear
12. 12.You did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) cleans
13. 13.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
14. 14.___ we speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
15. 15.He did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
16. 16.Kavya ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) has watched (d) watches
17. 17.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) worn (c) weared (d) wore
18. 18.Meera did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watch (b) watched (c) watching (d) watches
19. 19.___ we catch the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
20. 20.We ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) will speak (c) speaked (d) speak
21. 21.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eaten (d) eating
22. 22.He ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buys (d) will buy
23. 23.My cousins ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) made (c) maked (d) make
24. 24.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) have planted (c) plant (d) planted
25. 25.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drinking
26. 26.___ I jog in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.Ananya did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
28. 28.I did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rides (b) rode (c) riding (d) ride
29. 29.Arjun ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) has washed (b) washes (c) will wash (d) washed
30. 30.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flew
31. 31.My sister ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runned (b) runs (c) ran (d) will run
32. 32.___ Kavya tell a story yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
33. 33.___ you fly a kite in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
34. 34.You ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bake (b) baked (c) will bake (d) have baked
35. 35.She did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speaks
36. 36.___ she buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
37. 37.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
38. 38.I ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) will take (c) took (d) taked
39. 39.___ my sister take the train two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
40. 40.They did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) build (c) building (d) builds

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