Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 195 · 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.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeded
2. 2.You ___ cricket in 2023. (a) played (b) have played (c) will play (d) play
3. 3.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
4. 4.My cousins did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wear (d) wearing
5. 5.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
6. 6.I did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) wins (b) won (c) winning (d) win
7. 7.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
8. 8.My brother did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) wore (d) wears
9. 9.We did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carried (d) carry
10. 10.Arjun ___ a picture in 2023. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) draws (d) drew
11. 11.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) took (c) taking (d) taked
12. 12.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
13. 13.___ the students build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
14. 14.We ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writed (b) will write (c) write (d) wrote
15. 15.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
16. 16.___ we buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
17. 17.We did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bring (d) bringing
18. 18.They did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
19. 19.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writing (d) written
20. 20.We ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draw (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) drew
21. 21.___ she make tea last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
22. 22.She did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooks (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooked
23. 23.You did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) plant (c) planting (d) planted
24. 24.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
25. 25.You ___ a tree yesterday. (a) have climbed (b) climbed (c) climb (d) will climb
26. 26.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drew (d) drawing
27. 27.___ Aarav speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
28. 28.___ they run in the park in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
29. 29.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) went (c) goed (d) going
30. 30.Ira did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) clap (d) clapped
31. 31.My cousins ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) danced (d) will dance
32. 32.___ I take the train yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
34. 34.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
35. 35.Isha ___ a song in 2023. (a) sang (b) will sing (c) sings (d) has sung
36. 36.The children ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) build (b) builded (c) will build (d) built
37. 37.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
38. 38.Aarav ___ a song two days ago. (a) will sing (b) sings (c) sang (d) has sung
39. 39.You did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) taking (b) took (c) takes (d) take
40. 40.She ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) wore (c) weared (d) will wear

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