Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 961 · 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.Aisha did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) baked
2. 2.I ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) rided (c) will ride (d) ride
3. 3.She ___ a message yesterday. (a) sended (b) will send (c) sent (d) sends
4. 4.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
5. 5.You did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rode (b) riding (c) ride (d) rides
6. 6.The students did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) studying (c) studied (d) study
7. 7.___ you take the train yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
8. 8.___ Yash swim in the pool last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
9. 9.___ Kabir draw a picture in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drawed (d) drew
11. 11.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
12. 12.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) ridden (c) rode (d) riding
13. 13.She ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will catch (b) caught (c) catches (d) catched
14. 14.We ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) make (c) will make (d) maked
15. 15.You ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) bake (d) have baked
16. 16.We ___ a song in 2023. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sang (d) sing
17. 17.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
18. 18.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaked
19. 19.She ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) will drink (d) drinked
20. 20.Rohan ___ the match last week. (a) wins (b) will win (c) winned (d) won
21. 21.Kavya ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throws (b) throwed (c) will throw (d) threw
22. 22.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
23. 23.Dev ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) will wash (b) washes (c) washed (d) has washed
24. 24.I ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) will cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked
25. 25.___ I draw a picture two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
26. 26.My sister ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) goes (c) goed (d) will go
27. 27.My brother did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
28. 28.We ___ rice last Sunday. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cook (d) cooked
29. 29.___ my friends win the match yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) running (d) run
31. 31.You ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) will ride (c) ride (d) rided
32. 32.___ Rahul throw the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
33. 33.He did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wore (d) wearing
34. 34.He ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) draws
35. 35.___ she throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
37. 37.Pooja ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helps (b) will help (c) has helped (d) helped
38. 38.___ she plant a tree last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
39. 39.___ I watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
40. 40.He did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaks (d) speaking

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