Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 231 · 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 “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drawing
2. 2.My parents ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) drew
3. 3.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
4. 4.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
5. 5.___ he take the train two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
6. 6.They ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) will cook
7. 7.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taking (c) taked (d) taken
8. 8.She ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) has danced (b) danced (c) dances (d) will dance
9. 9.___ my brother dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
10. 10.I ___ Hindi last week. (a) will speak (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) speak
11. 11.They did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
12. 12.I ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) draw (c) drawed (d) will draw
13. 13.We ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) will carry (d) have carried
14. 14.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinked
15. 15.Isha did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helps (b) helped (c) help (d) helping
16. 16.My cousins ___ milk yesterday. (a) will drink (b) drink (c) drinked (d) drank
17. 17.She did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carried
18. 18.The children did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sang (d) sing
19. 19.My brother ___ a story yesterday. (a) telled (b) told (c) tells (d) will tell
20. 20.He ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) has planted
21. 21.___ you catch the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
22. 22.Arjun did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) cook
23. 23.___ you clap for the team in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
24. 24.They ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swim
25. 25.Rohan ___ rice last week. (a) will cook (b) cooks (c) has cooked (d) cooked
26. 26.You did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carried
27. 27.___ Aarav drink milk two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.___ my brother draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
29. 29.___ I catch the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
30. 30.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
31. 31.___ I speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.Ishaan did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) buy (c) buying (d) bought
33. 33.___ my sister swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.She ___ lunch last week. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) brings
35. 35.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
36. 36.___ my brother take the train last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
37. 37.___ my cousins plant a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
38. 38.___ you draw a picture yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
39. 39.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eated (d) eating
40. 40.You ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) have cleaned

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