Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 144 · 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.___ Ananya clap for the team in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
2. 2.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked
3. 3.She did not ___ the match last week. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins (d) won
4. 4.I ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writed (b) will write (c) wrote (d) write
5. 5.She did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) going (b) go (c) went (d) goes
6. 6.I ___ milk in 2023. (a) drank (b) drink (c) will drink (d) drinked
7. 7.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
8. 8.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
9. 9.Aarav ___ Grandma last week. (a) will help (b) helped (c) helps (d) has helped
10. 10.She ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) has danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dances
11. 11.We ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wear (b) wore (c) will wear (d) weared
12. 12.___ they speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
13. 13.He ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) writed (d) writes
14. 14.You did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
15. 15.We ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) have carried (d) carried
16. 16.Meera did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbed
17. 17.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
18. 18.You did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) studying (c) studied (d) study
19. 19.Rahul did not ___ in the park last week. (a) runs (b) running (c) run (d) ran
20. 20.___ my sister run in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
21. 21.She did not ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) runs (c) run (d) running
22. 22.___ I clap for the team last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
23. 23.Dev ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buyed (b) will buy (c) buys (d) bought
24. 24.___ we write a letter last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
25. 25.We ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) will buy (b) buyed (c) buy (d) bought
26. 26.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
27. 27.I did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jogging (d) jog
28. 28.___ I bring lunch last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
29. 29.___ the students climb a tree last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
30. 30.___ my parents build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.___ he clean the room two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will climb (b) have climbed (c) climbed (d) climb
33. 33.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
34. 34.My friends did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) telling (b) tell (c) tells (d) told
35. 35.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimmed
36. 36.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) rode (c) riding (d) ridden
37. 37.We ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speak (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) will speak
38. 38.My sister did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) flew
39. 39.They ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked
40. 40.My brother did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) make (b) making (c) makes (d) made

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