Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 139 · 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 study science yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
2. 2.Ananya ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goed (b) will go (c) went (d) goes
3. 3.___ you clean the room last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.He ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) has played (c) played (d) will play
5. 5.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
6. 6.The children ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writed (b) will write (c) write (d) wrote
7. 7.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
8. 8.They ___ the room last Sunday. (a) have cleaned (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) will clean
9. 9.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked
10. 10.My sister ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) draws
11. 11.___ Rohan throw the ball two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
12. 12.I ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) will dance (d) danced
13. 13.She did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
14. 14.My sister ___ rice two days ago. (a) has cooked (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) will cook
15. 15.We did not ___ the match last week. (a) winning (b) win (c) wins (d) won
16. 16.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) went (d) going
17. 17.My friends ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) will catch (b) catch (c) caught (d) catched
18. 18.___ they study science yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.They ___ tea last week. (a) make (b) will make (c) maked (d) made
20. 20.We ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) drew (c) drawed (d) will draw
21. 21.My brother did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
22. 22.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
23. 23.___ she speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
24. 24.She did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flies (b) flying (c) flew (d) fly
25. 25.She ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) will speak (b) speaks (c) speaked (d) spoke
26. 26.My cousins ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) have danced (d) dance
27. 27.I did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays (d) playing
28. 28.Vivaan did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dances (b) dancing (c) dance (d) danced
29. 29.___ he build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
30. 30.I did not ___ a song last week. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sings (d) sing
31. 31.Vivaan ___ for the team two days ago. (a) claps (b) will clap (c) has clapped (d) clapped
32. 32.We ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) will carry
33. 33.We ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) will watch
34. 34.___ she carry the bag yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
35. 35.She ___ a tree last week. (a) has planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) planted
36. 36.___ my sister jog in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
37. 37.I ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clap (b) will clap (c) have clapped (d) clapped
38. 38.You ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) jogged (d) will jog
39. 39.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
40. 40.___ Meera bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did

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