Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 106 · 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 speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
2. 2.You ___ vegetables last week. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buyed (d) will buy
3. 3.___ we draw a picture two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.You ___ a letter last week. (a) writed (b) will write (c) wrote (d) write
5. 5.___ my sister cook rice two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
6. 6.He did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapped (d) clapping
7. 7.She ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) will clean
8. 8.We did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) cook
9. 9.You did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) take (b) took (c) taking (d) takes
10. 10.The children ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buy (d) will buy
11. 11.Diya did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buying (d) buys
12. 12.We ___ Grandma last week. (a) helped (b) help (c) will help (d) have helped
13. 13.They ___ milk in 2023. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drink
14. 14.I did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studying (b) study (c) studied (d) studies
15. 15.You ___ a song last week. (a) have sung (b) sang (c) sing (d) will sing
16. 16.He did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baking (b) baked (c) bake (d) bakes
17. 17.We did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washed (d) washes
18. 18.My friends did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) make (c) made (d) making
19. 19.___ Ishaan dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
20. 20.We ___ a picture two days ago. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) drew (d) draw
21. 21.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) going (c) gone (d) goed
22. 22.___ my sister carry the bag last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
23. 23.He did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaning (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) cleans
24. 24.She ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eated (c) will eat (d) eats
25. 25.___ we make tea in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.I did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) fed
27. 27.___ I clap for the team yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
28. 28.He ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buys (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buyed
29. 29.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eated (d) eating
30. 30.___ I wear a cap yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
31. 31.Rohan ___ the room yesterday. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) cleans
32. 32.Diya ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studies
33. 33.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rode (c) riding (d) rided
34. 34.___ you cook rice two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
35. 35.He ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleans (b) will clean (c) has cleaned (d) cleaned
36. 36.The children did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaking
37. 37.___ Yash clean the room in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
38. 38.___ you dance on the stage last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
39. 39.___ you bake a cake yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.We did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) eating (c) eats (d) eat

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