Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 125 · 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.___ my brother dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
2. 2.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
3. 3.I ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drinked (d) drank
4. 4.___ Aarav feed the dog in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
5. 5.___ we fly a kite two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
6. 6.___ my sister climb a tree yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
7. 7.I ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) taked (c) took (d) will take
8. 8.They did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
9. 9.___ he win the match last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
10. 10.I ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wore
11. 11.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) threw
12. 12.We ___ rice two days ago. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) cook (d) have cooked
13. 13.They ___ a story in 2023. (a) will tell (b) told (c) telled (d) tell
14. 14.You did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
15. 15.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drawing
16. 16.They did not ___ a story last week. (a) tells (b) told (c) tell (d) telling
17. 17.___ we win the match in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
18. 18.___ she help Grandma last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
19. 19.We did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sends (b) send (c) sent (d) sending
20. 20.My friends ___ the room last week. (a) will clean (b) clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
21. 21.She did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
22. 22.___ my cousins throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
23. 23.I ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) watch (c) watched (d) have watched
24. 24.___ my brother climb a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
25. 25.She ___ the match last week. (a) won (b) wins (c) will win (d) winned
26. 26.You did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draws (b) drew (c) draw (d) drawing
27. 27.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eating (d) eated
28. 28.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) goed (d) went
29. 29.My cousins ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eated (b) ate (c) eat (d) will eat
30. 30.He ___ milk in 2023. (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drinks (d) will drink
31. 31.___ I speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
32. 32.They ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaked (d) will speak
33. 33.We ___ a letter in 2023. (a) write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) will write
34. 34.My sister ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) has carried (c) will carry (d) carried
35. 35.___ Tara win the match last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
36. 36.___ Rohan sing a song last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
37. 37.The students did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planting (b) plants (c) plant (d) planted
38. 38.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
39. 39.She ___ the train last week. (a) will take (b) takes (c) taked (d) took
40. 40.___ Rahul send a message last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did

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