Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 323 · 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 “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drawing
2. 2.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
3. 3.You ___ the dog last week. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feed (d) feeded
4. 4.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
5. 5.___ my parents sing a song in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
6. 6.___ my brother drink milk last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sing (d) sang
8. 8.___ Kabir buy vegetables last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
9. 9.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimming
10. 10.___ they cook rice last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
11. 11.The children did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washing (b) washed (c) wash (d) washes
12. 12.He ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) will build (b) builded (c) builds (d) built
13. 13.I ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) will help (b) helped (c) help (d) have helped
14. 14.I did not ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) building (b) builds (c) build (d) built
15. 15.Omkar did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) riding (b) rode (c) ride (d) rides
16. 16.She ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) has watched (c) watched (d) watches
17. 17.You ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rided (b) rode (c) will ride (d) ride
18. 18.My brother did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) helping (c) help (d) helps
19. 19.My brother ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rided (b) rides (c) rode (d) will ride
20. 20.You ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speak (b) will speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
21. 21.They did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catching (b) catches (c) caught (d) catch
22. 22.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
23. 23.My brother did not ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) send (c) sent (d) sending
24. 24.Farhan ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) has watched (b) will watch (c) watches (d) watched
25. 25.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) will play (b) play (c) have played (d) played
26. 26.Zoya ___ the room last week. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleans (d) cleaned
27. 27.My brother ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goes (b) goed (c) went (d) will go
28. 28.We ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eat (b) will eat (c) eated (d) ate
29. 29.I ___ the ball in 2023. (a) caught (b) will catch (c) catch (d) catched
30. 30.___ my brother clap for the team yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) wore (d) weared
32. 32.You ___ a cake in 2023. (a) will bake (b) baked (c) bake (d) have baked
33. 33.___ you go to school last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
34. 34.She did not ___ for the team in 2023. (a) claps (b) clap (c) clapped (d) clapping
35. 35.___ you bring lunch in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
36. 36.My cousins ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) will dance (b) dance (c) have danced (d) danced
37. 37.She ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writed (b) wrote (c) writes (d) will write
38. 38.We ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swim (c) will swim (d) swimmed
39. 39.My cousins did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
40. 40.___ my friends feed the dog in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does

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