Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 246 · 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.Meera ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) will draw (b) draws (c) drew (d) drawed
2. 2.___ she build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
3. 3.___ we clean the room last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
4. 4.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) gone (d) going
5. 5.Isha did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plant (d) plants
6. 6.Arjun did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeds (d) feeding
7. 7.They ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) have studied (c) studied (d) will study
8. 8.___ I draw a picture yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
9. 9.My brother ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogs (b) has jogged (c) jogged (d) will jog
10. 10.They did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planted (d) planting
11. 11.___ I go to school two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
12. 12.___ the children buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
13. 13.___ he buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.I ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) will clean (d) clean
15. 15.You did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sends (b) sending (c) sent (d) send
16. 16.My sister did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studied (c) studies (d) studying
17. 17.You ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clap (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) have clapped
18. 18.I did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) study (c) studies (d) studying
19. 19.We did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) go (b) goes (c) went (d) going
20. 20.___ my brother plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.I ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cook (d) cooked
22. 22.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) threw
23. 23.You ___ milk last week. (a) drank (b) will drink (c) drink (d) drinked
24. 24.I ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) bought (b) buy (c) will buy (d) buyed
25. 25.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plant (b) will plant (c) have planted (d) planted
26. 26.You did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) took (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
27. 27.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawn
28. 28.We ___ rice in 2023. (a) have cooked (b) cook (c) will cook (d) cooked
29. 29.My parents ___ to school last week. (a) will go (b) went (c) go (d) goed
30. 30.She ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studies
31. 31.You ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) build (b) builded (c) will build (d) built
32. 32.___ I speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
33. 33.___ you carry the bag in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
34. 34.They did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feed (d) feeds
35. 35.___ I wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
36. 36.___ they study science yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
37. 37.They ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) will fly (c) flyed (d) fly
38. 38.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writing (d) writed
39. 39.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eated (d) eating
40. 40.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaking

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