Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 322 · 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 “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
2. 2.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drank
3. 3.___ Manav feed the dog last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
4. 4.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swimmed
5. 5.Dev did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speak
6. 6.You ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) will climb (c) have climbed (d) climb
7. 7.___ we bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
8. 8.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) spoke
9. 9.___ they go to school in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
10. 10.My cousins ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) study (d) will study
11. 11.I did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) clean
12. 12.___ my brother win the match last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
13. 13.___ she dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
14. 14.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
15. 15.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) threw (d) thrown
16. 16.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
17. 17.The children did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swims (d) swim
18. 18.Myra did not ___ science last week. (a) studies (b) studied (c) studying (d) study
19. 19.They did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writes (d) write
20. 20.They ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) have cooked (c) will cook (d) cooked
21. 21.He did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
22. 22.Farhan ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinks (b) will drink (c) drinked (d) drank
23. 23.I ___ a song last week. (a) have sung (b) sing (c) will sing (d) sang
24. 24.They ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) will carry (d) carried
25. 25.___ Manav run in the park yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
26. 26.I did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak (d) spoke
27. 27.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
28. 28.My brother did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) dance (c) dancing (d) danced
29. 29.___ my sister ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
30. 30.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) went (d) going
31. 31.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
32. 32.___ Kunal win the match last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
33. 33.___ we build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.He ___ to school in 2023. (a) goes (b) will go (c) went (d) goed
35. 35.You did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catching
36. 36.I ___ to school in 2023. (a) go (b) will go (c) goed (d) went
37. 37.She did not ___ the ball last week. (a) threw (b) throw (c) throws (d) throwing
38. 38.Vivaan did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buying (b) buy (c) buys (d) bought
39. 39.___ they write a letter last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
40. 40.Kabir ___ science last Sunday. (a) will study (b) studies (c) studied (d) has studied

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