Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 141 · 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.___ she ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
2. 2.I ___ rice last Sunday. (a) have cooked (b) cooked (c) will cook (d) cook
3. 3.___ Zoya dance on the stage last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.She ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eated (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eats
5. 5.Dev ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) has watched (b) watched (c) will watch (d) watches
6. 6.He ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helps (b) will help (c) has helped (d) helped
7. 7.We ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buyed (d) will buy
8. 8.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wearing (d) wore
9. 9.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) goed (c) going (d) gone
10. 10.___ she watch a cartoon last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
11. 11.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
12. 12.___ he go to school two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
13. 13.She ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) will plant (c) has planted (d) planted
14. 14.He ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) builds (b) builded (c) will build (d) built
15. 15.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taking (d) taken
16. 16.You ___ a kite last week. (a) will fly (b) flew (c) flyed (d) fly
17. 17.They did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swam
18. 18.___ Manav speak Hindi last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
19. 19.Vivaan did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) writing (c) write (d) wrote
20. 20.They ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) will clean (d) clean
21. 21.___ Yash send a message last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
22. 22.___ Meera wear a cap two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
23. 23.___ she clean the room yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
24. 24.___ Sneha climb a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
25. 25.He did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched (d) watching
26. 26.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
27. 27.He ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) buyed (c) will buy (d) bought
28. 28.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flown
29. 29.Pooja did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) spoke
30. 30.Aisha did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) studied (c) study (d) studying
31. 31.Ishaan ___ milk last week. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) will drink (d) drinked
32. 32.My brother ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) will swim (b) swims (c) swam (d) swimmed
33. 33.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) runned (d) run
34. 34.___ Saanvi take the train in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
35. 35.___ we tell a story yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
36. 36.You ___ the bag last week. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) carry (d) have carried
37. 37.You did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) go (b) goes (c) going (d) went
38. 38.Aisha did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) went (c) goes (d) going
39. 39.She ___ in the park last week. (a) runs (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
40. 40.___ she eat a mango last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do

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