Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 216 · 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.___ they speak Hindi last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.Pooja did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) win (b) won (c) winning (d) wins
3. 3.We ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) will plant (c) plant (d) have planted
4. 4.We ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) have cooked (c) cooked (d) will cook
5. 5.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flown
6. 6.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
7. 7.I did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbs
8. 8.I ___ the dog in 2023. (a) will feed (b) feeded (c) fed (d) feed
9. 9.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawn
10. 10.We ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) builded (c) build (d) will build
11. 11.Kavya ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) will carry (c) has carried (d) carried
12. 12.I ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) will clean (d) clean
13. 13.We ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) watch (c) have watched (d) watched
14. 14.___ I send a message yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
15. 15.We did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washed (d) washes
16. 16.You ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will run (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
17. 17.I did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carried (d) carry
18. 18.We did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) bring (c) brings (d) bringing
19. 19.I ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinked (b) drink (c) will drink (d) drank
20. 20.You did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) draws (c) drawing (d) draw
21. 21.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked
22. 22.She ___ lunch last week. (a) will bring (b) bringed (c) brought (d) brings
23. 23.You ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) will bake (c) bake (d) have baked
24. 24.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
25. 25.You did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brings (b) bring (c) brought (d) bringing
26. 26.My sister ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will climb (b) has climbed (c) climbed (d) climbs
27. 27.My friends did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
28. 28.Isha ___ to school two days ago. (a) goed (b) will go (c) went (d) goes
29. 29.Kabir did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) take (b) takes (c) taking (d) took
30. 30.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
31. 31.___ she fly a kite yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
32. 32.___ you make tea yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
33. 33.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wearing (d) wore
34. 34.Rohan ___ a song in 2023. (a) has sung (b) sings (c) will sing (d) sang
35. 35.___ we watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
36. 36.___ she play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
37. 37.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
38. 38.___ she study science last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
39. 39.She ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) has danced (d) dances
40. 40.I did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) wins (b) won (c) win (d) winning

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