Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 101 · 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.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) going (c) goed (d) gone
2. 2.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
3. 3.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) worn (d) weared
4. 4.Arjun did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaking
5. 5.She did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooked
6. 6.You ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runned (b) will run (c) run (d) ran
7. 7.Priya did not ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) goes (c) go (d) going
8. 8.She did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) cleaning
9. 9.My friends ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) clean (c) have cleaned (d) will clean
10. 10.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
11. 11.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drinking
12. 12.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
13. 13.My sister did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) taking (b) takes (c) take (d) took
14. 14.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
15. 15.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
16. 16.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) speaking
17. 17.They ___ the room last Sunday. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) cleaned
18. 18.We did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
19. 19.___ Arjun swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
20. 20.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) took (d) taked
21. 21.We did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
22. 22.They ___ a kite last week. (a) will fly (b) flew (c) flyed (d) fly
23. 23.You did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) threw
24. 24.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
25. 25.___ we wear a cap yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.He did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eating (d) eat
27. 27.___ she cook rice in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
28. 28.He ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) has clapped (b) clapped (c) claps (d) will clap
29. 29.Aisha ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buyed (d) will buy
30. 30.Meera ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) will bake (d) has baked
31. 31.My brother ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bakes (b) has baked (c) will bake (d) baked
32. 32.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimming
33. 33.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
34. 34.She ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinked (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drinks
35. 35.She ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) has cooked (d) will cook
36. 36.You ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) runned (b) run (c) will run (d) ran
37. 37.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawed
38. 38.She did not ___ the ball last week. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throws (d) throwing
39. 39.My parents ___ rice last week. (a) cook (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) have cooked
40. 40.She did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbs

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