Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 122 · 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.___ you tell a story last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
2. 2.___ we take the train in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
3. 3.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speaked
4. 4.My sister ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) goes (c) will go (d) goed
5. 5.___ they take the train last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
6. 6.Isha ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drew (c) will draw (d) drawed
7. 7.Kavya did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) sending (c) sends (d) send
8. 8.We ___ a tree yesterday. (a) have climbed (b) will climb (c) climbed (d) climb
9. 9.Rahul ___ science in 2023. (a) studies (b) will study (c) studied (d) has studied
10. 10.They ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) watched (d) have watched
11. 11.She ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drinks (c) will drink (d) drinked
12. 12.You ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builded (b) built (c) will build (d) build
13. 13.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
14. 14.My friends did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buying (d) buy
15. 15.We ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bring (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) brought
16. 16.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
17. 17.___ he build a sandcastle last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wore (c) wearing (d) worn
19. 19.We did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
20. 20.He did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
21. 21.Ishaan did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catching (b) caught (c) catch (d) catches
22. 22.I ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washed (b) wash (c) will wash (d) have washed
23. 23.My cousins ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) weared (b) wear (c) will wear (d) wore
24. 24.She did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throw (d) throws
25. 25.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) taked (d) took
26. 26.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) have planted (b) planted (c) plant (d) will plant
27. 27.Farhan did not ___ milk last week. (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drink (d) drinks
28. 28.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
29. 29.I ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) have danced (b) danced (c) will dance (d) dance
30. 30.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writed (d) writing
31. 31.___ my brother wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.___ Tara draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
33. 33.He ___ a cartoon last week. (a) has watched (b) watches (c) will watch (d) watched
34. 34.She ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) has baked (d) bakes
35. 35.My cousins ___ the dog last week. (a) fed (b) will feed (c) feed (d) feeded
36. 36.The students did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) telling (c) tell (d) tells
37. 37.You ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) have helped (c) helped (d) will help
38. 38.I did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watching (b) watched (c) watches (d) watch
39. 39.You did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) wins (b) win (c) won (d) winning
40. 40.My brother did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sent (b) send (c) sending (d) sends

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar