Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 785 · 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.___ my parents send a message two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.He ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watched (b) watches (c) will watch (d) has watched
3. 3.___ she bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
5. 5.Aditya ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) goed (c) will go (d) goes
6. 6.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rided (d) rode
7. 7.He did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carry
8. 8.The children ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writed (b) will write (c) write (d) wrote
9. 9.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
10. 10.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eated
11. 11.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flew (d) flyed
12. 12.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking
13. 13.___ she fly a kite in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
14. 14.___ she send a message two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
15. 15.Dev ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) has helped (b) helps (c) helped (d) will help
16. 16.Diya did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
17. 17.He did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) taking (b) took (c) takes (d) take
18. 18.My brother ___ the train last week. (a) will take (b) took (c) taked (d) takes
19. 19.You ___ science last week. (a) will study (b) study (c) have studied (d) studied
20. 20.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) runned (d) ran
21. 21.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
22. 22.He ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tells (b) told (c) telled (d) will tell
23. 23.___ they wear a cap yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
24. 24.___ you wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
26. 26.Aditya ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will plant (b) plants (c) has planted (d) planted
27. 27.I ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) help (b) will help (c) have helped (d) helped
28. 28.They did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sings (b) singing (c) sang (d) sing
29. 29.You ___ a song in 2023. (a) have sung (b) sang (c) sing (d) will sing
30. 30.They did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
31. 31.He did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) riding (b) rides (c) rode (d) ride
32. 32.___ I bake a cake yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.I ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baked (b) have baked (c) bake (d) will bake
34. 34.Aditya did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writing (b) writes (c) wrote (d) write
35. 35.My brother ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) has jogged
36. 36.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
37. 37.Farhan ___ in the park two days ago. (a) has jogged (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) jogs
38. 38.My cousins did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) sang
39. 39.She ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) cleans (d) has cleaned
40. 40.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made

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