Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 11 · 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.___ we swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
2. 2.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) worn (d) weared
3. 3.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
4. 4.You ___ vegetables last week. (a) will buy (b) buy (c) bought (d) buyed
5. 5.___ you bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
6. 6.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writed
7. 7.___ you carry the bag yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
8. 8.Rohan did not ___ lunch last week. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brings
9. 9.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flew (d) flyed
10. 10.___ we drink milk two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
11. 11.They did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) wearing (c) wear (d) wears
12. 12.___ my parents climb a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.She ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) eats (d) ate
14. 14.They did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) bought (c) buys (d) buy
15. 15.___ Sneha clean the room in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
16. 16.They did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwing (b) throws (c) throw (d) threw
17. 17.My friends did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) climb
18. 18.They ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climb (b) climbed (c) have climbed (d) will climb
19. 19.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
20. 20.Rahul did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) planted (c) planting (d) plants
21. 21.___ Riya make tea last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
22. 22.You ___ a song last Sunday. (a) have sung (b) sang (c) sing (d) will sing
23. 23.___ she draw a picture last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
24. 24.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eating (d) eated
25. 25.We did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) fed
26. 26.We ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) writed (d) write
27. 27.We ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) sing (c) sang (d) have sung
28. 28.___ you buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
29. 29.You ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) runned (c) will run (d) ran
30. 30.You ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) will carry (d) have carried
31. 31.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throwing (d) thrown
32. 32.We ___ a tree last week. (a) climb (b) have climbed (c) will climb (d) climbed
33. 33.___ we make tea in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.She did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sends (b) sending (c) sent (d) send
35. 35.___ Priya bake a cake in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
36. 36.My friends ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) will fly (b) fly (c) flyed (d) flew
37. 37.___ he send a message last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.___ Arjun plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
39. 39.I ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) draw
40. 40.We ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) carried (d) have carried

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