Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 614 · 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) told (b) telling (c) telled
2. 2.They did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flies (b) flew (c) flying (d) fly
3. 3.___ we plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.I ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) rode (c) rided (d) will ride
5. 5.He did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) fly (b) flew (c) flies (d) flying
6. 6.Aditya did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brings (b) brought (c) bringing (d) bring
7. 7.He ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) will sing (c) sings (d) has sung
8. 8.We ___ tea yesterday. (a) will make (b) made (c) maked (d) make
9. 9.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
10. 10.The children did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
11. 11.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wearing (d) wore
12. 12.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) wrote (d) writed
13. 13.The children ___ cricket last week. (a) will play (b) have played (c) play (d) played
14. 14.Manav ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) will ride (b) rides (c) rode (d) rided
15. 15.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) speaking
16. 16.He ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) will feed (c) feeded (d) fed
17. 17.___ we plant a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
18. 18.Tara did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches (d) watching
19. 19.Omkar ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) will make (c) made (d) maked
20. 20.We ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rode (b) will ride (c) ride (d) rided
21. 21.She ___ a cap in 2023. (a) will wear (b) wore (c) wears (d) weared
22. 22.___ I fly a kite last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
23. 23.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawed
24. 24.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
25. 25.My sister ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) will speak (d) speaks
26. 26.___ she plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
28. 28.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) goed (c) gone (d) went
29. 29.I ___ a story last week. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
30. 30.We ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) will bring (c) bring (d) bringed
31. 31.My sister did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eat (b) ate (c) eats (d) eating
32. 32.We did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) goes (c) going (d) go
33. 33.___ they climb a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
34. 34.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
35. 35.___ he draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
36. 36.They ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeded (b) feed (c) fed (d) will feed
37. 37.They ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
38. 38.Yash ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eats (b) eated (c) will eat (d) ate
39. 39.I did not ___ in the park last week. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) ran
40. 40.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climb (b) climbed (c) will climb (d) have climbed

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