Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 866 · 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 ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eated (d) will eat
2. 2.Vivaan did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sing (d) sings
3. 3.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rode (d) rided
4. 4.You ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cooked (d) cook
5. 5.I ___ tea two days ago. (a) made (b) make (c) will make (d) maked
6. 6.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked
7. 7.My cousins ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) have clapped (b) clap (c) clapped (d) will clap
8. 8.My friends ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) sing (c) sang (d) have sung
9. 9.Aisha ___ a cartoon last week. (a) has watched (b) will watch (c) watched (d) watches
10. 10.My brother did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clapped (b) clap (c) clapping (d) claps
11. 11.___ the students tell a story yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
12. 12.I ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swimmed (d) will swim
13. 13.___ he bake a cake yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.They ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) will study (d) study
15. 15.Riya did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapped
16. 16.Zoya ___ for the team last week. (a) has clapped (b) clapped (c) claps (d) will clap
17. 17.I ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) made (c) make (d) maked
18. 18.We ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winned (b) win (c) won (d) will win
19. 19.You did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builds (b) built (c) build (d) building
20. 20.You did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
21. 21.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) going (d) gone
22. 22.We ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climb (b) will climb (c) climbed (d) have climbed
23. 23.We did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swim (b) swims (c) swam (d) swimming
24. 24.They did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swim (d) swam
25. 25.I ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) will bring (c) bring (d) bringed
26. 26.You did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) makes (b) made (c) making (d) make
27. 27.___ my sister build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
28. 28.Kunal ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) will climb (d) has climbed
29. 29.___ Ishaan swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.___ my friends tell a story last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
31. 31.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) speaking
32. 32.___ she study science last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.You did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) plants (c) plant (d) planting
34. 34.___ my sister play cricket last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
35. 35.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swimmed
36. 36.I did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
37. 37.Aarav did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) clapped (d) clap
38. 38.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) run (c) running (d) runned
39. 39.My sister did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) built
40. 40.He ___ tea yesterday. (a) will make (b) made (c) makes (d) maked

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