Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 969 · 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 did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sending (b) send (c) sent (d) sends
2. 2.My brother ___ science in 2023. (a) will study (b) has studied (c) studied (d) studies
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swimmed (d) swum
4. 4.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
5. 5.___ we help Grandma yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
6. 6.You ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) have danced (d) dance
7. 7.I did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) drew (c) drawing (d) draws
8. 8.I ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eated (d) will eat
9. 9.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) rode (d) riding
10. 10.She ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) runned (c) ran (d) will run
11. 11.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flown (c) flyed (d) flying
12. 12.I ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) feed (d) fed
13. 13.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
14. 14.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
15. 15.We did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) going (c) goes (d) go
16. 16.My sister did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbing
17. 17.You ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) will cook (d) have cooked
18. 18.___ Ishaan feed the dog yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
19. 19.They ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) planted (c) have planted (d) will plant
20. 20.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
21. 21.___ my sister climb a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
22. 22.___ my brother tell a story two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
24. 24.Zoya ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinks (b) drinked (c) drank (d) will drink
25. 25.Manav did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) goes (c) went (d) going
26. 26.I did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) clean
27. 27.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) running (d) run
28. 28.My friends did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jog (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) jogging
29. 29.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
30. 30.I did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) fed
31. 31.___ my cousins write a letter last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
32. 32.She did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapping
33. 33.The students ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinked (d) will drink
34. 34.Tara did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
35. 35.He ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will climb (b) has climbed (c) climbed (d) climbs
36. 36.We did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buying (d) buy
37. 37.My friends ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) wash (b) will wash (c) have washed (d) washed
38. 38.I did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studies (b) studied (c) studying (d) study
39. 39.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
40. 40.She did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helping (b) help (c) helped (d) helps

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