Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 864 · 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.___ they clap for the team yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drinking
3. 3.Ananya ___ a mango in 2023. (a) will eat (b) eats (c) ate (d) eated
4. 4.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
5. 5.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
6. 6.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) took (d) taked
7. 7.___ my brother run in the park yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
8. 8.___ Aditya sing a song last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) planted (c) will plant (d) have planted
10. 10.They did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sending (b) sent (c) send (d) sends
11. 11.She did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watched
12. 12.We did not ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) studies (c) studied (d) studying
13. 13.The students did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) played
14. 14.They ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) weared (b) wear (c) will wear (d) wore
15. 15.My brother ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writes (b) writed (c) wrote (d) will write
16. 16.I ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) will wash (b) wash (c) have washed (d) washed
17. 17.You ___ a letter two days ago. (a) will write (b) writed (c) write (d) wrote
18. 18.You ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swim (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swimmed
19. 19.___ you buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
20. 20.You did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brings
21. 21.My brother ___ in the park last week. (a) will jog (b) jogs (c) has jogged (d) jogged
22. 22.___ Kabir carry the bag last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
23. 23.You ___ rice in 2023. (a) cook (b) will cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked
24. 24.___ you carry the bag yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
25. 25.We did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) wash (b) washes (c) washing (d) washed
26. 26.___ they bake a cake last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
27. 27.Saanvi ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) cooks
28. 28.My sister ___ a tree last week. (a) will climb (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) has climbed
29. 29.You did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climb (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) climbing
30. 30.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) have planted (d) plant
31. 31.___ you drink milk last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
32. 32.___ she take the train in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.My friends ___ the room last Sunday. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) clean
34. 34.They ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throw (b) will throw (c) throwed (d) threw
35. 35.Saanvi ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) will speak (b) speaked (c) speaks (d) spoke
36. 36.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) run (d) runned
37. 37.My cousins ___ a song two days ago. (a) sing (b) have sung (c) sang (d) will sing
38. 38.___ you write a letter last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
39. 39.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoke
40. 40.___ Manav win the match in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was

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