Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 283 · 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.He did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goes (b) go (c) going (d) went
2. 2.My cousins ___ the room last Sunday. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) cleaned
3. 3.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
4. 4.___ I write a letter two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
5. 5.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wearing (d) wore
6. 6.She did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) made (b) make (c) making (d) makes
7. 7.My friends did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wore (d) wearing
8. 8.He ___ to school two days ago. (a) goed (b) went (c) will go (d) goes
9. 9.We did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catching (b) catch (c) caught (d) catches
10. 10.Farhan ___ in the pool last week. (a) swims (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swimmed
11. 11.She ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rided (b) rode (c) will ride (d) rides
12. 12.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) will jog (d) jogged
13. 13.They ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) will speak (d) speak
14. 14.___ Nisha swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
15. 15.My brother ___ cricket last week. (a) has played (b) played (c) plays (d) will play
16. 16.Riya ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) jogs (c) has jogged (d) jogged
17. 17.I ___ tea in 2023. (a) make (b) will make (c) maked (d) made
18. 18.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
19. 19.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
20. 20.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flew
21. 21.My parents ___ for the team yesterday. (a) have clapped (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) clap
22. 22.We ___ a cartoon last week. (a) have watched (b) watched (c) will watch (d) watch
23. 23.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
24. 24.My brother did not ___ Grandma last week. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) helped
25. 25.Karan ___ a tree last week. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) will climb (d) has climbed
26. 26.Karan did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
27. 27.Farhan did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wearing (d) wear
28. 28.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
29. 29.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaked
30. 30.My sister did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleans
31. 31.___ he study science two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
32. 32.___ I speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
33. 33.He did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studying (b) studies (c) studied (d) study
34. 34.We ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) carry
35. 35.My sister did not ___ a song last week. (a) sings (b) sang (c) sing (d) singing
36. 36.I did not ___ a story last week. (a) telling (b) tells (c) tell (d) told
37. 37.My sister ___ rice last Sunday. (a) has cooked (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) cooks
38. 38.He ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) will buy (b) buyed (c) bought (d) buys
39. 39.He did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched (d) watching
40. 40.They ___ a story yesterday. (a) will tell (b) told (c) tell (d) telled

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