Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 259 · 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.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) goed (c) went (d) gone
2. 2.You did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) draw (c) draws (d) drawing
3. 3.My cousins ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) will study (c) studied (d) have studied
4. 4.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eating (d) eated
5. 5.___ we take the train last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
6. 6.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swimming
7. 7.___ I go to school last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
8. 8.She did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
9. 9.He ___ in the park last week. (a) will jog (b) has jogged (c) jogged (d) jogs
10. 10.___ Ishaan bring lunch two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
11. 11.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
12. 12.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoke
13. 13.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawing
14. 14.She ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) has played (c) played (d) will play
15. 15.The children ___ a message in 2023. (a) sent (b) will send (c) sended (d) send
16. 16.We did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climb
17. 17.You did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dance
18. 18.My cousins did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helping (b) helped (c) helps (d) help
19. 19.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
20. 20.Karan ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catches (b) catched (c) will catch (d) caught
21. 21.___ my brother drink milk yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
22. 22.She did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swam (d) swim
23. 23.___ you clean the room last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
24. 24.___ they cook rice last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
25. 25.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
26. 26.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) ridden (d) rode
27. 27.He ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) drew (d) draws
28. 28.___ he buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
29. 29.___ we study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
30. 30.You ___ the train in 2023. (a) took (b) take (c) will take (d) taked
31. 31.She ___ for the team yesterday. (a) claps (b) will clap (c) has clapped (d) clapped
32. 32.He did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogged
33. 33.I ___ the match two days ago. (a) winned (b) win (c) won (d) will win
34. 34.We did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helping (b) helps (c) help (d) helped
35. 35.We did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) goes (b) went (c) going (d) go
36. 36.You ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) will carry
37. 37.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flown (d) flying
38. 38.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) writed (d) wrote
39. 39.She ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) will wash (b) has washed (c) washes (d) washed
40. 40.Aarav did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaking

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