Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 847 · 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 “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
2. 2.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
3. 3.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
4. 4.___ my sister tell a story last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
5. 5.___ we bring lunch last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
6. 6.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drawing
7. 7.___ she eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
8. 8.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
9. 9.___ Kunal build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
10. 10.They did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planting (b) plants (c) planted (d) plant
11. 11.Nisha did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) sent
12. 12.You did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) clap
13. 13.___ I bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
14. 14.Ishaan did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) eat (c) ate (d) eating
15. 15.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
16. 16.My sister did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) help (b) helping (c) helps (d) helped
17. 17.___ he go to school last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
18. 18.___ my brother throw the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
19. 19.My sister ___ the room in 2023. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) cleans
20. 20.___ he clean the room last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
21. 21.Priya did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooked (d) cooking
22. 22.You did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) clean
23. 23.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flown (d) flyed
24. 24.You ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buy (b) buyed (c) will buy (d) bought
25. 25.You ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) drew
26. 26.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drank
27. 27.___ you play cricket in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
28. 28.She did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baking (b) baked (c) bake (d) bakes
29. 29.I ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runned (b) run (c) will run (d) ran
30. 30.___ she plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.Kabir ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drinks
32. 32.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swam
33. 33.___ Ananya dance on the stage last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.___ you cook rice yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
35. 35.The children did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) flew
36. 36.___ Nisha plant a tree yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
37. 37.Tara ___ a kite last week. (a) flies (b) will fly (c) flew (d) flyed
38. 38.___ my sister speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.___ they send a message yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
40. 40.I ___ a song yesterday. (a) sang (b) have sung (c) will sing (d) sing

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