Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 247 · 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.Omkar ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) has clapped (c) clapped (d) will clap
2. 2.Vivaan ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) will win (c) wins (d) winned
3. 3.We did not ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
4. 4.___ she jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
5. 5.He ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bringed (b) brings (c) will bring (d) brought
6. 6.I ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) built (b) builded (c) will build (d) build
7. 7.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taken (d) taking
8. 8.I ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eated (b) eat (c) will eat (d) ate
9. 9.He ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) has baked (d) will bake
10. 10.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
11. 11.We did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clap (b) claps (c) clapped (d) clapping
12. 12.My brother did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helped (b) help (c) helping (d) helps
13. 13.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
14. 14.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drawn (d) drew
15. 15.Aditya ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) winned (c) wins (d) will win
16. 16.My parents ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) have watched (b) will watch (c) watch (d) watched
17. 17.She did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climbed (d) climb
18. 18.He did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drinks (c) drink (d) drinking
19. 19.You ___ a tree last week. (a) climb (b) climbed (c) will climb (d) have climbed
20. 20.They ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will plant (b) plant (c) planted (d) have planted
21. 21.You ___ the train last week. (a) will take (b) taked (c) take (d) took
22. 22.He did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) riding (b) rode (c) ride (d) rides
23. 23.You did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
24. 24.They did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) clap (d) claps
25. 25.I did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogged
26. 26.I did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) danced (d) dances
27. 27.We did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) send (b) sending (c) sent (d) sends
28. 28.You ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) winned (c) will win (d) win
29. 29.___ my brother send a message two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
30. 30.My brother did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooking
31. 31.We ___ a story two days ago. (a) will tell (b) told (c) tell (d) telled
32. 32.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flyed (d) flew
33. 33.He ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) has climbed (c) will climb (d) climbed
34. 34.They ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) have jogged (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) jog
35. 35.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
36. 36.We ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buyed (b) buy (c) bought (d) will buy
37. 37.We ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swim
38. 38.___ you go to school yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
39. 39.___ you study science last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
40. 40.Yash ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sends (b) sended (c) sent (d) will send

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