Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 233 · 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.Ananya ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) has washed (b) will wash (c) washes (d) washed
2. 2.We ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) have danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dance
3. 3.You did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
4. 4.___ we draw a picture yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.She did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planting (b) planted (c) plants (d) plant
6. 6.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drew
7. 7.We did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
8. 8.My brother did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catching (b) catch (c) catches (d) caught
9. 9.I ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) have carried (b) carry (c) will carry (d) carried
10. 10.___ they fly a kite in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
11. 11.We ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watch (b) will watch (c) have watched (d) watched
12. 12.___ you study science last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
13. 13.___ we speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
14. 14.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
15. 15.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) throwed
16. 16.___ Karan help Grandma in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
17. 17.I did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) wear (c) wears (d) wearing
18. 18.We ___ a story last Sunday. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) telled (d) told
19. 19.We ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) have helped (b) help (c) will help (d) helped
20. 20.___ Ananya clean the room last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
22. 22.You did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) ride (b) rode (c) riding (d) rides
23. 23.You ___ the train in 2023. (a) will take (b) taked (c) took (d) take
24. 24.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drinking
25. 25.I ___ a song two days ago. (a) have sung (b) sang (c) will sing (d) sing
26. 26.I did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) build (b) building (c) builds (d) built
27. 27.___ he eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
28. 28.Ananya did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
29. 29.___ he climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
30. 30.___ my sister cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
31. 31.He ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swims
32. 32.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
33. 33.I did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buying (d) buys
34. 34.We did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carried (d) carrying
35. 35.He ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studied
36. 36.We ___ the dog yesterday. (a) will feed (b) feeded (c) feed (d) fed
37. 37.She ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) sended (c) will send (d) sent
38. 38.Karan ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bringed (b) will bring (c) brought (d) brings
39. 39.She ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaks (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) will speak
40. 40.I did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating

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