Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 279 · 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.You ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) writed (d) write
2. 2.Omkar did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) play (c) plays (d) played
3. 3.You did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feeding (d) feed
4. 4.She ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builded (b) builds (c) built (d) will build
5. 5.___ he make tea yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
6. 6.My cousins ___ the match yesterday. (a) winned (b) will win (c) won (d) win
7. 7.My brother did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swim
8. 8.She ___ science last week. (a) studies (b) studied (c) has studied (d) will study
9. 9.___ you tell a story last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
10. 10.___ they eat a mango last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
11. 11.___ they draw a picture yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
12. 12.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flew (d) flyed
13. 13.She ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draws (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
14. 14.You ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) have washed (c) will wash (d) wash
15. 15.He ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinks (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drank
16. 16.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) weared (c) wearing (d) worn
17. 17.You did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooking
18. 18.My sister ___ milk yesterday. (a) will drink (b) drank (c) drinks (d) drinked
19. 19.He ___ to school in 2023. (a) goes (b) goed (c) will go (d) went
20. 20.Myra did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) riding (b) rode (c) rides (d) ride
21. 21.___ Karan tell a story yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
22. 22.She ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) runs (c) runned (d) will run
23. 23.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
24. 24.He ___ science in 2023. (a) will study (b) studies (c) has studied (d) studied
25. 25.I did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
26. 26.They ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) have planted (c) plant (d) will plant
27. 27.The children did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swam (d) swims
28. 28.Meera ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eated (b) ate (c) will eat (d) eats
29. 29.___ we wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.I did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swim
31. 31.___ Yash buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
32. 32.___ I build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.We ___ a song two days ago. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sing (d) sang
34. 34.The children did not ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studied (c) studies (d) studying
35. 35.They did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooked
36. 36.They did not ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
37. 37.We did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feed (d) feeding
38. 38.We did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogged
39. 39.___ you catch the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
40. 40.She ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) feeds (c) fed (d) will feed

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