Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 268 · 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 “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drunk
2. 2.I did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
3. 3.They ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winned (b) will win (c) win (d) won
4. 4.Aisha did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jogged (d) jog
5. 5.We ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) drew
6. 6.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drew
7. 7.___ Kavya carry the bag in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
8. 8.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
9. 9.My friends ___ a message in 2023. (a) send (b) will send (c) sended (d) sent
10. 10.You did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carry (b) carries (c) carried (d) carrying
11. 11.I did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing (d) played
12. 12.We did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) build (c) builds (d) building
13. 13.I did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washed (b) washing (c) washes (d) wash
14. 14.Karan did not ___ a kite last week. (a) fly (b) flies (c) flew (d) flying
15. 15.___ we take the train two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
16. 16.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
17. 17.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flown
18. 18.You ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) draw (d) drew
19. 19.She ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) writes (d) writed
20. 20.We ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeded (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feed
21. 21.___ she build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
22. 22.I ___ tea last Sunday. (a) maked (b) make (c) will make (d) made
23. 23.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
24. 24.Ishaan ___ science yesterday. (a) has studied (b) studies (c) will study (d) studied
25. 25.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) runned (d) run
26. 26.She did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sings (d) sing
27. 27.We ___ the bag last week. (a) have carried (b) carry (c) carried (d) will carry
28. 28.Rohan ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) will dance (b) danced (c) dances (d) has danced
29. 29.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) taking (d) took
30. 30.___ my brother drink milk yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
31. 31.You did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) baking
32. 32.She ___ cricket two days ago. (a) plays (b) will play (c) played (d) has played
33. 33.We did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) baking (c) bakes (d) baked
34. 34.Karan did not ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) took (c) takes (d) taking
35. 35.___ he clap for the team yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.___ we wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
37. 37.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) goed (d) going
38. 38.He ___ tea in 2023. (a) will make (b) made (c) maked (d) makes
39. 39.They ___ the ball last week. (a) throwed (b) throw (c) will throw (d) threw
40. 40.___ they tell a story last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did

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