Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 200 · 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.You ___ a story last Sunday. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) telled (d) told
2. 2.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
3. 3.I ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) will speak (c) speaked (d) speak
4. 4.She did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) go (b) goes (c) went (d) going
5. 5.___ we write a letter last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
6. 6.We ___ a kite in 2023. (a) will fly (b) fly (c) flyed (d) flew
7. 7.You did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) sing (b) sings (c) singing (d) sang
8. 8.You ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) will play (c) have played (d) played
9. 9.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
10. 10.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoken
11. 11.___ they climb a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
12. 12.My brother ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) carried (c) has carried (d) will carry
13. 13.___ my sister sing a song last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
14. 14.You ___ Grandma last week. (a) help (b) will help (c) have helped (d) helped
15. 15.You ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catch (b) will catch (c) catched (d) caught
16. 16.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swimmed
17. 17.___ you fly a kite in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawed
19. 19.You did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
20. 20.___ you wear a cap yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
21. 21.Yash ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drew (b) draws (c) will draw (d) drawed
22. 22.He ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) will help (c) has helped (d) helped
23. 23.They did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) threw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) throw
24. 24.I did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
25. 25.You did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catching (d) catch
26. 26.I did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) spoke
27. 27.My brother did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) riding (b) rides (c) rode (d) ride
28. 28.___ the children carry the bag yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
29. 29.___ he speak Hindi last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.___ we make tea yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
31. 31.We ___ a cap yesterday. (a) weared (b) wore (c) will wear (d) wear
32. 32.You did not ___ a song last week. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
33. 33.You ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) will build (b) build (c) builded (d) built
34. 34.I ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buy (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buyed
35. 35.Farhan ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) threw (b) will throw (c) throws (d) throwed
36. 36.___ he make tea in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
37. 37.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drunk
38. 38.We did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) taking (b) takes (c) took (d) take
39. 39.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
40. 40.Neel did not ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) bought

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