Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 337 · 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.She did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jogged
2. 2.My friends ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) jogged
3. 3.My sister ___ the train in 2023. (a) took (b) taked (c) takes (d) will take
4. 4.They did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washes (b) washed (c) wash (d) washing
5. 5.Rohan did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washing (b) wash (c) washes (d) washed
6. 6.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drew
7. 7.Karan did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buy (d) buying
8. 8.You ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) will buy (b) buyed (c) buy (d) bought
9. 9.You ___ cricket yesterday. (a) will play (b) played (c) play (d) have played
10. 10.___ Ananya play cricket last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
11. 11.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) ridden (c) rided (d) riding
12. 12.Dev ___ the train in 2023. (a) takes (b) taked (c) will take (d) took
13. 13.We ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) have watched (c) watch (d) will watch
14. 14.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) runned (d) run
15. 15.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throwed
16. 16.She ___ Grandma last week. (a) helps (b) will help (c) has helped (d) helped
17. 17.___ Riya eat a mango yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
18. 18.___ my sister eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
19. 19.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
20. 20.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
21. 21.They did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rode (d) rides
22. 22.___ I plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
23. 23.My brother did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) build (b) built (c) builds (d) building
24. 24.You ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) threw (c) will throw (d) throwed
25. 25.My sister ___ the ball last week. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catched (d) will catch
26. 26.___ we eat a mango last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
27. 27.My sister did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rode (d) rides
28. 28.They did not ___ the ball last week. (a) throws (b) throw (c) threw (d) throwing
29. 29.She ___ vegetables last week. (a) will buy (b) buyed (c) bought (d) buys
30. 30.___ Neel draw a picture yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
31. 31.We ___ science in 2023. (a) will study (b) have studied (c) study (d) studied
32. 32.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
33. 33.I ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) draw (d) drawed
34. 34.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
35. 35.She ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) has clapped (b) claps (c) clapped (d) will clap
36. 36.I ___ the train last Sunday. (a) will take (b) took (c) taked (d) take
37. 37.You did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) drew (d) draws
38. 38.They did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eating (b) eats (c) eat (d) ate
39. 39.Manav ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wore
40. 40.He ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carried (b) will carry (c) has carried (d) carries

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