Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 24 · 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 did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carry (b) carried (c) carries (d) carrying
2. 2.We did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) winning (b) wins (c) won (d) win
3. 3.___ Rahul take the train two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.I ___ science last Sunday. (a) have studied (b) studied (c) study (d) will study
5. 5.We did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draw (b) drew (c) drawing (d) draws
6. 6.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
7. 7.Pooja ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) will carry (b) has carried (c) carried (d) carries
8. 8.He ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) will bake (b) has baked (c) baked (d) bakes
9. 9.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
10. 10.___ my cousins help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
11. 11.You ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catch (b) catched (c) caught (d) will catch
12. 12.My sister did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) ate
13. 13.I did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbing
14. 14.They ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) fly (d) flew
15. 15.We did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baking (b) bake (c) baked (d) bakes
16. 16.He ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) will clean (c) has cleaned (d) cleaned
17. 17.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flown (d) flying
18. 18.___ Aarav carry the bag in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
19. 19.___ Meera clean the room last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
20. 20.Karan ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runned (b) ran (c) runs (d) will run
21. 21.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawed
22. 22.You ___ a picture last week. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) draw (d) drew
23. 23.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoke
24. 24.Saanvi did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeding (b) feed (c) feeds (d) fed
25. 25.My parents ___ a message two days ago. (a) will send (b) sended (c) sent (d) send
26. 26.You ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watch (d) watched
27. 27.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
28. 28.___ my brother watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
29. 29.Rahul did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) carried
30. 30.___ she climb a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
31. 31.The students did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) wearing (c) wears (d) wear
32. 32.She ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) will carry (c) has carried (d) carries
33. 33.Aarav ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) has jogged (c) will jog (d) jogged
34. 34.___ you sing a song last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
35. 35.She ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) has jogged (b) jogs (c) will jog (d) jogged
36. 36.___ Saanvi buy vegetables last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
37. 37.We did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) eat (c) ate (d) eating
38. 38.We did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drank (b) drinks (c) drinking (d) drink
39. 39.You ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) build (b) builded (c) will build (d) built
40. 40.Aditya ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched

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