Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 241 · 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.Saanvi ___ a cake two days ago. (a) baked (b) will bake (c) bakes (d) has baked
2. 2.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
3. 3.___ we speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
5. 5.___ my friends bake a cake last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
6. 6.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
7. 7.I did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
8. 8.My friends did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) win (b) winning (c) wins (d) won
9. 9.He ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) washes (c) has washed (d) will wash
10. 10.___ she speak Hindi last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
11. 11.___ we build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
12. 12.I ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) will help (b) help (c) helped (d) have helped
13. 13.You ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) feed (c) will feed (d) fed
14. 14.She did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wearing (b) wears (c) wore (d) wear
15. 15.I did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swam
16. 16.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
17. 17.She did not ___ to school last week. (a) goes (b) went (c) going (d) go
18. 18.You ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) will go (c) went (d) goed
19. 19.My brother ___ a message last week. (a) will send (b) sended (c) sends (d) sent
20. 20.Priya ___ for the team two days ago. (a) claps (b) will clap (c) has clapped (d) clapped
21. 21.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
22. 22.We ___ the bag last week. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) have carried (d) carried
23. 23.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
24. 24.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
25. 25.I did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
26. 26.My brother did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clap (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clapped
27. 27.She ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) planted (c) will plant (d) has planted
28. 28.Rahul did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sang (d) sing
29. 29.We did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
30. 30.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) thrown (c) threw (d) throwed
31. 31.They did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) speaks (d) speaking
32. 32.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drawing
33. 33.Riya ___ for the team last week. (a) claps (b) has clapped (c) clapped (d) will clap
34. 34.___ you help Grandma in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
35. 35.He did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watching (d) watched
36. 36.___ we make tea last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
37. 37.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
38. 38.The students ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) will wash (b) wash (c) have washed (d) washed
39. 39.He did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooking
40. 40.You did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wear (d) wearing

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