Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 889 · 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.Yash did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) build (c) builds (d) building
2. 2.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
3. 3.We ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) will cook
4. 4.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
5. 5.They ___ for the team two days ago. (a) have clapped (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) clap
6. 6.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
7. 7.I did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play (d) playing
8. 8.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
9. 9.___ my sister clean the room last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.She did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaking
11. 11.___ Zoya bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
12. 12.They did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) making (b) makes (c) made (d) make
13. 13.Riya did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drawing (b) drew (c) draw (d) draws
14. 14.She ___ the dog in 2023. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feeded
15. 15.I ___ for the team two days ago. (a) have clapped (b) clap (c) will clap (d) clapped
16. 16.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawing (c) drawed (d) drawn
17. 17.___ Aarav study science yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.Aditya ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) has climbed (c) climbs (d) will climb
19. 19.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) weared (c) wearing (d) worn
20. 20.You ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) baked (c) have baked (d) will bake
21. 21.He ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbs (b) will climb (c) has climbed (d) climbed
22. 22.___ the children catch the ball yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
23. 23.___ you make tea last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
24. 24.You did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feeds
25. 25.I ___ cricket two days ago. (a) will play (b) have played (c) play (d) played
26. 26.He ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) will tell (c) tells (d) telled
27. 27.___ you buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.We ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dance (b) will dance (c) have danced (d) danced
29. 29.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
30. 30.You ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) have studied (c) studied (d) study
31. 31.He ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) eated (d) eats
32. 32.We ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) watch
33. 33.___ he feed the dog yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.You ___ the ball last week. (a) catch (b) catched (c) will catch (d) caught
35. 35.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
36. 36.You ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) rode (c) will ride (d) rided
37. 37.They ___ in the park yesterday. (a) will run (b) run (c) ran (d) runned
38. 38.I did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throw
39. 39.___ my sister drink milk yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
40. 40.My brother ___ a tree last week. (a) climbs (b) has climbed (c) climbed (d) will climb

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