Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 171 · 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 plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
2. 2.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
3. 3.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
4. 4.___ you jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
5. 5.I ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) help (b) will help (c) have helped (d) helped
6. 6.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drinked
7. 7.Vivaan ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) has planted (c) planted (d) will plant
8. 8.I did not ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) played
9. 9.You ___ a cap yesterday. (a) will wear (b) wore (c) weared (d) wear
10. 10.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
11. 11.We did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eat (b) eats (c) ate (d) eating
12. 12.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
13. 13.___ Vivaan help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.You ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draw (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
15. 15.They ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) make (c) made (d) maked
16. 16.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
17. 17.___ my friends throw the ball yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.___ you go to school last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
19. 19.Aisha ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) brings (d) will bring
20. 20.We did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) watches (c) watching (d) watched
21. 21.Rahul did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapping
22. 22.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaked
23. 23.___ I go to school in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
24. 24.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) runned (c) will run (d) ran
25. 25.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) worn (d) wore
26. 26.___ he clean the room last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
27. 27.Rohan did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) throws (c) throwing (d) threw
28. 28.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
29. 29.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) ridden (d) rided
30. 30.We ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinked (b) drink (c) drank (d) will drink
31. 31.___ I cook rice two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
32. 32.My cousins ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) drew
33. 33.___ my friends run in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
34. 34.She did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) clapped (d) claps
35. 35.My friends ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) will wash (b) have washed (c) wash (d) washed
36. 36.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flew (d) flown
37. 37.___ she tell a story yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
38. 38.___ Diya plant a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
39. 39.My cousins did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
40. 40.I did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cook

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