Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 860 · 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.She ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) made (c) maked (d) makes
2. 2.I ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) have planted (c) planted (d) plant
3. 3.___ she take the train last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
4. 4.Kunal ___ a mango two days ago. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eats (d) eated
5. 5.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawed
6. 6.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
7. 7.___ I cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
8. 8.___ my parents eat a mango in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
9. 9.___ he send a message in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
10. 10.Isha did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooking
11. 11.He ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) speaks (d) will speak
12. 12.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
13. 13.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
14. 14.He ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) will ride (c) rode (d) rided
15. 15.She ___ a tree in 2023. (a) has planted (b) plants (c) planted (d) will plant
16. 16.She did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) built (b) builds (c) building (d) build
17. 17.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
18. 18.Pooja ___ the ball last week. (a) caught (b) will catch (c) catched (d) catches
19. 19.We ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catch (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catched
20. 20.They ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builded (b) will build (c) build (d) built
21. 21.You ___ a message last week. (a) send (b) will send (c) sent (d) sended
22. 22.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swum
23. 23.She did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) studied (c) studies (d) studying
24. 24.Pooja did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) fed
25. 25.___ my brother clean the room last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.They ___ a song last week. (a) have sung (b) sang (c) sing (d) will sing
27. 27.The children ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rode (b) will ride (c) rided (d) ride
28. 28.___ you send a message last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
29. 29.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
30. 30.I ___ in the park last week. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
31. 31.My parents did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) building (c) build (d) builds
32. 32.I ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watch (d) have watched
33. 33.My sister ___ in the park two days ago. (a) has jogged (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) jogs
34. 34.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) rided (d) riding
35. 35.___ the students draw a picture yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
36. 36.My cousins did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) brought (d) bring
37. 37.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) ran (d) run
38. 38.They did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) wears (c) wore (d) wearing
39. 39.He ___ a tree in 2023. (a) will plant (b) has planted (c) plants (d) planted
40. 40.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought

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