Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 769 · 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.___ I plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
2. 2.You ___ the train yesterday. (a) will take (b) taked (c) took (d) take
3. 3.Saanvi did not ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sending (c) sends (d) send
4. 4.___ Neel eat a mango two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.They did not ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draws
6. 6.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) rode (c) riding (d) ridden
7. 7.The children ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) will jog (d) have jogged
8. 8.She ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watches (c) will watch (d) has watched
9. 9.___ she make tea in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
10. 10.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
11. 11.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
12. 12.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
13. 13.My sister did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
14. 14.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) throwed (d) threw
15. 15.They ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) have danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dance
16. 16.We ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writed (d) will write
17. 17.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
18. 18.You did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planting (b) plant (c) planted (d) plants
19. 19.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flown (d) flyed
20. 20.He did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) danced
21. 21.___ you jog in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
22. 22.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
23. 23.We ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringed (b) will bring (c) bring (d) brought
24. 24.___ she climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
25. 25.We ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) eat (d) ate
26. 26.___ Aarav clean the room in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
27. 27.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
28. 28.___ I ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
29. 29.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
30. 30.Yash ___ a story yesterday. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) told (d) tells
31. 31.She ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleans (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) has cleaned
32. 32.They did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sending (d) send
33. 33.They did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaks
34. 34.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
35. 35.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swimming
36. 36.___ Kabir win the match two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
37. 37.Kabir did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wearing (d) wear
38. 38.My sister ___ the ball last week. (a) catches (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catched
39. 39.They did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) drew (d) draws
40. 40.Priya did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogging

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