Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 319 · 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.We ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) drew (d) draw
2. 2.___ she study science two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
3. 3.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flyed (d) flown
4. 4.___ they tell a story yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
5. 5.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drunk
6. 6.Yash did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
7. 7.They ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) will fly (c) flyed (d) fly
8. 8.You ___ a cake yesterday. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) bake (d) have baked
9. 9.I ___ science last Sunday. (a) will study (b) studied (c) have studied (d) study
10. 10.___ you buy vegetables last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
11. 11.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawing
12. 12.___ Aditya make tea yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
13. 13.You ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) cook (d) have cooked
14. 14.Dev ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) rode (c) rided (d) will ride
15. 15.I ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buy (d) will buy
16. 16.I did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watch (b) watched (c) watching (d) watches
17. 17.___ we swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.Rahul did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drinks (d) drink
19. 19.___ we take the train in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
20. 20.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writed
21. 21.I did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helped (b) helping (c) help (d) helps
22. 22.___ we wear a cap last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
23. 23.My brother ___ to school in 2023. (a) went (b) will go (c) goes (d) goed
24. 24.I ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) catch (d) caught
25. 25.He did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baked (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baking
26. 26.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) ran (d) runned
27. 27.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
28. 28.___ you wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
29. 29.___ I take the train yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
30. 30.Ishaan did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) danced (b) dance (c) dancing (d) dances
31. 31.My cousins ___ a tree two days ago. (a) have planted (b) plant (c) planted (d) will plant
32. 32.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoken
33. 33.The students did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swam (d) swimming
34. 34.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
35. 35.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rode (d) rided
36. 36.Kabir did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
37. 37.___ we plant a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
38. 38.___ Arjun take the train last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
39. 39.___ Tara fly a kite two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
40. 40.___ we wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was

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