Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 154 · 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 clean the room two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
2. 2.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawing (c) drawn (d) drawed
3. 3.He ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will catch (b) catches (c) catched (d) caught
4. 4.___ my friends draw a picture two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
5. 5.Omkar did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
6. 6.My brother did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) went (c) goes (d) going
7. 7.I ___ lunch last week. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) bring
8. 8.You ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bring (b) bringed (c) brought (d) will bring
9. 9.My sister did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaks
10. 10.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
11. 11.The children ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) will drink (c) drink (d) drinked
12. 12.___ my brother climb a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
13. 13.___ we tell a story yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
14. 14.___ I feed the dog yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) written (d) wrote
16. 16.They did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooking
17. 17.___ he drink milk yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.Aarav ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rides (b) will ride (c) rode (d) rided
19. 19.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoke
20. 20.___ I clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
21. 21.My brother did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eating (c) eat (d) eats
22. 22.You ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) will speak (c) speak (d) speaked
23. 23.___ my brother throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.You ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) plant (c) have planted (d) will plant
25. 25.They did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) cleans
26. 26.___ we send a message last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
27. 27.They ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) will run
28. 28.My sister ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) runs (c) runned (d) will run
29. 29.We did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) telling (b) tell (c) told (d) tells
30. 30.Kabir did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) won (b) winning (c) wins (d) win
31. 31.He did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches (d) watched
32. 32.They did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
33. 33.She ___ vegetables last week. (a) will buy (b) buys (c) buyed (d) bought
34. 34.She did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baking (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baked
35. 35.Ishaan ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flyed (b) flies (c) will fly (d) flew
36. 36.They did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) write (c) writing (d) wrote
37. 37.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
38. 38.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) riding (d) rided
39. 39.___ we throw the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
40. 40.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling

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