Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 211 · 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 ___ to school last week. (a) will go (b) goed (c) go (d) went
2. 2.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) have jogged (d) will jog
3. 3.I ___ the room last Sunday. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) will clean
4. 4.Aditya did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jogging (d) jog
5. 5.Farhan did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) builds (c) building (d) build
6. 6.___ she run in the park yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) rided (d) riding
8. 8.They ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) have planted (c) will plant (d) planted
9. 9.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
10. 10.___ they throw the ball in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
11. 11.___ the students study science yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
12. 12.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
13. 13.We ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) jogged (d) have jogged
14. 14.___ my sister tell a story yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
15. 15.They did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) planting (c) planted (d) plant
16. 16.We ___ the train last Sunday. (a) will take (b) taked (c) take (d) took
17. 17.She ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) will speak
18. 18.We ___ a tree in 2023. (a) will climb (b) climb (c) have climbed (d) climbed
19. 19.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
20. 20.My parents did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flew (b) flies (c) flying (d) fly
21. 21.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flown
22. 22.You ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) will buy (c) buy (d) buyed
23. 23.My friends ___ for the team in 2023. (a) have clapped (b) clap (c) will clap (d) clapped
24. 24.My brother did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jog
25. 25.We did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throw (d) throwing
26. 26.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
27. 27.___ you run in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.We did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) went (b) goes (c) going (d) go
29. 29.They ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drawed (b) drew (c) draw (d) will draw
30. 30.My sister did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swam (d) swimming
31. 31.___ they play cricket last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.I ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watched
33. 33.___ they wear a cap yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
34. 34.We did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studying (b) study (c) studied (d) studies
35. 35.Kabir ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) has baked
36. 36.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) written (d) writed
37. 37.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
38. 38.___ Rohan help Grandma last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
39. 39.My sister ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swims
40. 40.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded

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