Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 240 · 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.You ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) drew (d) draw
2. 2.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
3. 3.___ we watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) speaked
5. 5.___ my sister draw a picture two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
6. 6.My brother ___ lunch last week. (a) brought (b) brings (c) bringed (d) will bring
7. 7.We ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) flyed (c) fly (d) will fly
8. 8.___ you watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
9. 9.___ he bring lunch two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
10. 10.The children ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rided (d) ride
11. 11.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throwed
12. 12.She did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helping (b) helped (c) helps (d) help
13. 13.They ___ a tree last week. (a) have climbed (b) climb (c) climbed (d) will climb
14. 14.You did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) tells (b) tell (c) told (d) telling
15. 15.She ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) carried (c) has carried (d) will carry
16. 16.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runned
17. 17.The students did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catch (b) caught (c) catches (d) catching
18. 18.The children did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cooks
19. 19.Rohan ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) has baked (c) will bake (d) bakes
20. 20.___ we bake a cake yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.___ you help Grandma last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
22. 22.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) rode (d) ridden
23. 23.___ Meera play cricket yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.We did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eat (b) ate (c) eats (d) eating
25. 25.You did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) going (b) goes (c) went (d) go
26. 26.We ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) have carried (c) will carry (d) carry
27. 27.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) ate (d) eaten
28. 28.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) wore (d) weared
29. 29.She ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flyed (b) flies (c) flew (d) will fly
30. 30.Priya did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) making (c) make (d) makes
31. 31.___ my sister ride a bicycle last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) wrote (d) writing
33. 33.Aditya ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) bought
34. 34.They did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) made (c) make (d) making
35. 35.___ he wear a cap yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
36. 36.Myra ___ a cake two days ago. (a) has baked (b) will bake (c) baked (d) bakes
37. 37.He ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rided (b) rode (c) rides (d) will ride
38. 38.Aisha ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) will tell (c) told (d) telled
39. 39.We ___ the train last Sunday. (a) will take (b) take (c) took (d) taked
40. 40.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding

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