Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 34 · 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 “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
2. 2.___ I buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
3. 3.___ my cousins swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
4. 4.___ my friends clean the room last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
5. 5.___ I swim in the pool in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
6. 6.My brother ___ the match last week. (a) winned (b) won (c) will win (d) wins
7. 7.___ she feed the dog in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
8. 8.She did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) cleans
9. 9.___ you draw a picture in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
10. 10.Aditya did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watching (b) watched (c) watch (d) watches
11. 11.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) taking (d) took
12. 12.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
13. 13.You ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
14. 14.You did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) bought (b) buying (c) buys (d) buy
15. 15.___ we clean the room in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
16. 16.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) went (c) goed (d) going
17. 17.___ I buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.We did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogs
19. 19.We ___ science in 2023. (a) will study (b) studied (c) study (d) have studied
20. 20.They did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watching (d) watches
21. 21.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drank
22. 22.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
23. 23.She ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) sings (c) sang (d) has sung
24. 24.She did not ___ on the stage last week. (a) dancing (b) dance (c) danced (d) dances
25. 25.___ they plant a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
26. 26.Rahul did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) draw (d) drew
27. 27.___ I ride a bicycle last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
29. 29.He ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) will send (c) sends (d) sended
30. 30.He did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
31. 31.___ we win the match last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
32. 32.___ we sing a song yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
33. 33.___ my brother clean the room yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
34. 34.___ Kunal play cricket two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
35. 35.___ you dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
36. 36.You ___ Hindi last week. (a) will speak (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) speak
37. 37.___ my brother make tea last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rode (c) rided (d) riding
39. 39.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) spoken
40. 40.___ my parents eat a mango in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did

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