Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 615 · 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.___ Diya bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
2. 2.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam
3. 3.They did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rode (b) ride (c) rides (d) riding
4. 4.We ___ the room last Sunday. (a) clean (b) have cleaned (c) cleaned (d) will clean
5. 5.You ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runned (b) ran (c) will run (d) run
6. 6.They ___ a mango yesterday. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) eated (d) eat
7. 7.He ___ the match last Sunday. (a) will win (b) winned (c) won (d) wins
8. 8.I did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builds (b) build (c) built (d) building
9. 9.___ you catch the ball yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
10. 10.___ you feed the dog yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
11. 11.I ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) have cooked (c) cook (d) will cook
12. 12.___ Nisha bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
13. 13.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drew
14. 14.We did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watching (c) watch (d) watches
15. 15.___ I cook rice last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
16. 16.You did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
17. 17.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drank
18. 18.You ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) wear (d) weared
19. 19.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) taked (d) took
20. 20.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) weared (c) wore (d) worn
21. 21.My friends did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) built
22. 22.You did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
23. 23.___ you build a sandcastle last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
24. 24.The children ___ the room two days ago. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) have cleaned
25. 25.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
26. 26.The children did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) built (b) building (c) builds (d) build
27. 27.My cousins ___ the room in 2023. (a) have cleaned (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) will clean
28. 28.My sister did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jogged
29. 29.Zoya ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flyed (b) flies (c) flew (d) will fly
30. 30.Rohan did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tell (b) told (c) telling (d) tells
31. 31.___ you climb a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.Ananya did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) running (b) runs (c) run (d) ran
33. 33.Omkar ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) has planted (c) plants (d) planted
34. 34.We ___ a letter two days ago. (a) will write (b) write (c) writed (d) wrote
35. 35.___ he carry the bag two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
36. 36.My sister ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) will bring (c) bringed (d) brings
37. 37.He did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) making (b) made (c) make (d) makes
38. 38.My brother ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) has baked (c) will bake (d) baked
39. 39.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
40. 40.The children ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told

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