Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 652 · 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 “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drunk
2. 2.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) running (d) ran
3. 3.___ you write a letter yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
4. 4.We ___ the train in 2023. (a) taked (b) took (c) take (d) will take
5. 5.My sister ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) will play (c) played (d) has played
6. 6.___ you eat a mango in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
7. 7.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eating (d) eated
8. 8.We did not ___ a story last week. (a) telling (b) tell (c) tells (d) told
9. 9.My sister ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) will build (b) built (c) builds (d) builded
10. 10.My parents ___ in the park yesterday. (a) have jogged (b) jog (c) will jog (d) jogged
11. 11.___ she take the train yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
12. 12.Tara ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) has played (c) plays (d) will play
13. 13.___ Aarav wear a cap two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawn
15. 15.Meera did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) help (b) helping (c) helped (d) helps
16. 16.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
17. 17.He did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) playing (b) played (c) plays (d) play
18. 18.My sister ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) plants (c) has planted (d) planted
19. 19.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) maked (c) made
20. 20.I did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) bought (b) buying (c) buys (d) buy
21. 21.You did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
22. 22.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
23. 23.They ___ tea yesterday. (a) make (b) made (c) will make (d) maked
24. 24.We did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) build (b) built (c) building (d) builds
25. 25.___ my cousins sing a song in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.___ we cook rice yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.He ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) writes
28. 28.They ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) carry (c) carried (d) have carried
29. 29.We ___ the dog yesterday. (a) will feed (b) feeded (c) feed (d) fed
30. 30.I ___ the train yesterday. (a) took (b) taked (c) take (d) will take
31. 31.Ananya did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
32. 32.Farhan ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) throwed (c) threw (d) will throw
33. 33.We ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) make (c) will make (d) maked
34. 34.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
35. 35.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) wrote (d) written
36. 36.___ you tell a story last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
37. 37.We did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carried (d) carrying
38. 38.The students ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carried (b) will carry (c) carry (d) have carried
39. 39.___ my sister throw the ball last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
40. 40.Neel ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) has baked (d) bakes

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