Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 989 · 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.The students ___ a song in 2023. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sang (d) sing
2. 2.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
3. 3.___ Isha speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.___ we drink milk last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
5. 5.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drank
6. 6.I did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
7. 7.He ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) has washed (b) washes (c) will wash (d) washed
8. 8.Kavya ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) played (c) will play (d) has played
9. 9.My cousins ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) will jog (d) jogged
10. 10.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wearing (d) wore
11. 11.___ Sneha plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
12. 12.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
13. 13.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
14. 14.___ Arjun jog in the park two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
15. 15.She ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) has planted
16. 16.She did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) tell (b) tells (c) told (d) telling
17. 17.He did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drank (d) drinking
18. 18.You did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buy (d) buying
19. 19.___ my sister wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
20. 20.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
21. 21.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
22. 22.___ he play cricket two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.My brother ___ a message last week. (a) sended (b) will send (c) sends (d) sent
24. 24.___ she bring lunch last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
25. 25.___ you clap for the team two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
26. 26.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
27. 27.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
28. 28.Priya ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) has baked (d) baked
29. 29.You ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) will carry
30. 30.He did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carried (d) carries
31. 31.Aditya ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) writes (c) wrote (d) writed
32. 32.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eating (d) eated
33. 33.My brother did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throws (d) throw
34. 34.Diya did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sings (b) sang (c) sing (d) singing
35. 35.Pooja ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) will feed (b) feeds (c) feeded (d) fed
36. 36.___ he bake a cake in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
37. 37.My parents did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sing (b) sang (c) singing (d) sings
38. 38.She did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carried (d) carry
39. 39.Zoya ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) will cook
40. 40.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) rode (d) ridden

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