Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 84 · 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 dance on the stage last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
2. 2.___ he clean the room last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
3. 3.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) goed (d) went
4. 4.He did not ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sending (d) send
5. 5.___ you dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
6. 6.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) riding (c) rided (d) ridden
7. 7.My brother did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watching (d) watch
8. 8.I ___ Grandma last week. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) help (d) helped
9. 9.___ Riya send a message last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
10. 10.We ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) have watched (b) will watch (c) watched (d) watch
11. 11.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) took (c) taked (d) taking
12. 12.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) runned (c) will run (d) ran
13. 13.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
14. 14.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
15. 15.___ Pooja cook rice two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
16. 16.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
17. 17.She ___ the dog two days ago. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeded (d) will feed
18. 18.___ he help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
19. 19.The children ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bring (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) brought
20. 20.He ___ on the stage last week. (a) dances (b) has danced (c) will dance (d) danced
21. 21.___ he wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
22. 22.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
23. 23.Yash did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) made (c) make (d) making
24. 24.Myra did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) builds (c) building (d) build
25. 25.She ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinked (b) drinks (c) will drink (d) drank
26. 26.We ___ the bag two days ago. (a) will carry (b) carry (c) carried (d) have carried
27. 27.___ I eat a mango two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
28. 28.They ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) feed (d) fed
29. 29.They did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbing (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) climb
30. 30.I ___ the train in 2023. (a) will take (b) taked (c) take (d) took
31. 31.Tara did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dancing (b) dances (c) dance (d) danced
32. 32.Ananya did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
33. 33.My sister did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sings (b) sang (c) singing (d) sing
34. 34.The children did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
35. 35.___ he plant a tree in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
36. 36.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
37. 37.___ my sister plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.___ Ishaan take the train yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
39. 39.She ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) drew
40. 40.___ she ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did

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