Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 260 · 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 “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawn (c) drew (d) drawed
2. 2.Isha ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
3. 3.You ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) have washed (b) wash (c) washed (d) will wash
4. 4.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) ate (d) eating
5. 5.Isha did not ___ science last week. (a) study (b) studying (c) studies (d) studied
6. 6.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) throwed
7. 7.Ananya ___ the dishes last week. (a) will wash (b) has washed (c) washes (d) washed
8. 8.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
9. 9.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
10. 10.She did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speaking
11. 11.___ you cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.___ she carry the bag in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
13. 13.My friends did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brings
14. 14.___ I win the match in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
15. 15.Nisha ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) has sung (c) sang (d) sings
16. 16.We did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) playing (c) played (d) play
17. 17.___ I write a letter yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
18. 18.The children did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) telling (c) told (d) tell
19. 19.You did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flew (d) flying
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
21. 21.They ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) make (c) made (d) maked
22. 22.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
23. 23.My brother ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) will feed (d) feeded
24. 24.Karan ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) has watched (d) watches
25. 25.They did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) telling (b) tells (c) told (d) tell
26. 26.___ we study science last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
27. 27.Farhan did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
28. 28.He did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cook
29. 29.You ___ on the stage last week. (a) have danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dance
30. 30.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
31. 31.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) weared (c) wearing (d) worn
32. 32.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) took (d) taking
33. 33.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
34. 34.My brother did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) going (c) goes (d) go
35. 35.My friends ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flyed (b) will fly (c) flew (d) fly
36. 36.She ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) will speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaked
37. 37.The children ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) will build (c) builded (d) build
38. 38.___ you bake a cake yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
39. 39.___ she play cricket in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.Aditya did not ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) go (c) goes (d) going

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