Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 28 · 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.They ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) have cleaned
2. 2.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawed
3. 3.Yash did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
4. 4.My brother ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will run (b) runned (c) ran (d) runs
5. 5.You ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) bring
6. 6.He did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapping
7. 7.He did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooked (d) cooks
8. 8.We did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washes (d) washed
9. 9.Pooja ___ a kite yesterday. (a) will fly (b) flies (c) flew (d) flyed
10. 10.Pooja did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drew (b) draws (c) drawing (d) draw
11. 11.The children did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) wins (b) win (c) winning (d) won
12. 12.Neel did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) rides (c) ride (d) riding
13. 13.___ you send a message last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.You did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbing
15. 15.I did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogged
16. 16.___ Diya plant a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
17. 17.You ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) will speak (d) speak
18. 18.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) riding (d) rided
19. 19.My friends did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rode (d) rides
20. 20.___ they run in the park in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
21. 21.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swimming
22. 22.___ you build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
23. 23.___ we study science yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
24. 24.You ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wear
25. 25.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
26. 26.He did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carry
27. 27.The children did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) made (b) making (c) makes (d) make
28. 28.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) jogged (d) will jog
29. 29.They did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
30. 30.Rohan ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) buys
31. 31.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
32. 32.Priya ___ a story yesterday. (a) tells (b) told (c) telled (d) will tell
33. 33.You did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) dances (d) danced
34. 34.The children ___ a message in 2023. (a) will send (b) send (c) sended (d) sent
35. 35.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
36. 36.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) speaking
37. 37.I ___ milk in 2023. (a) will drink (b) drink (c) drank (d) drinked
38. 38.___ I study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
39. 39.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
40. 40.___ we help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was

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