Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 235 · 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 “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) writed (d) wrote
2. 2.___ he buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
3. 3.___ she swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
5. 5.___ we clean the room yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
6. 6.___ I climb a tree in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.My friends ___ the room last Sunday. (a) will clean (b) clean (c) cleaned (d) have cleaned
8. 8.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
9. 9.___ we sing a song two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.You ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wear
11. 11.My brother ___ milk two days ago. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drinks
12. 12.She did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaking (d) speaks
13. 13.___ my sister bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
14. 14.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
15. 15.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
16. 16.___ you take the train last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
17. 17.The students ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) will jog (d) jogged
18. 18.They ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) maked (c) made (d) make
19. 19.Arjun did not ___ the match last week. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) won
20. 20.My brother ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) has jogged (c) jogs (d) will jog
21. 21.My parents ___ the train last week. (a) will take (b) took (c) taked (d) take
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) going (c) gone (d) goed
23. 23.You did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) took (b) takes (c) take (d) taking
24. 24.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telling (c) telled
25. 25.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taken (c) taked (d) taking
26. 26.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flew (d) flying
27. 27.___ she speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
28. 28.Sneha ___ a tree last week. (a) has planted (b) planted (c) will plant (d) plants
29. 29.My brother ___ a mango in 2023. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eated (d) will eat
30. 30.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
31. 31.___ you watch a cartoon last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
32. 32.___ you dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
33. 33.He ___ in the park in 2023. (a) ran (b) runs (c) will run (d) runned
34. 34.___ we make tea yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
35. 35.She did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched (d) watching
36. 36.___ Vivaan go to school last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
37. 37.He did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speak
38. 38.We did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feeding (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feed
39. 39.My sister ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will plant (b) has planted (c) planted (d) plants
40. 40.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam

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