Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 77 · 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 “ride”? (a) rode (b) rided (c) riding (d) ridden
2. 2.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
3. 3.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) running
4. 4.You ___ a cake last week. (a) have baked (b) baked (c) will bake (d) bake
5. 5.Myra did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throw (d) throws
6. 6.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eated (d) eaten
7. 7.___ she bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
8. 8.I did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drew (d) drawing
9. 9.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
10. 10.You did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sending (b) sends (c) send (d) sent
11. 11.___ Zoya draw a picture two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
12. 12.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) worn (d) wore
13. 13.I ___ a mango last week. (a) eat (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eated
14. 14.___ she run in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
15. 15.Ishaan did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sing (b) singing (c) sang (d) sings
16. 16.___ the children study science two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
17. 17.He ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) has climbed (d) will climb
18. 18.Rohan ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) has baked (c) bakes (d) will bake
19. 19.___ I carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
20. 20.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drew
21. 21.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) threw (d) throwing
22. 22.___ she bring lunch last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
23. 23.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
24. 24.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drunk
25. 25.They did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carried
26. 26.___ Isha wear a cap last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.Aditya did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writing (b) writes (c) write (d) wrote
28. 28.We ___ tea in 2023. (a) will make (b) maked (c) made (d) make
29. 29.___ you carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
30. 30.___ he drink milk yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
31. 31.___ I take the train last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
32. 32.She did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carries (d) carry
33. 33.I ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builded (b) will build (c) build (d) built
34. 34.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
35. 35.We ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will plant (b) plant (c) have planted (d) planted
36. 36.Karan ___ milk in 2023. (a) will drink (b) drinks (c) drank (d) drinked
37. 37.___ she catch the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
38. 38.You did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) fed
39. 39.Aditya did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dance
40. 40.We ___ a cap yesterday. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wore (d) wear

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