Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 340 · 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) drawing (d) drawed
2. 2.I ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) will carry (b) have carried (c) carry (d) carried
3. 3.___ we wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
4. 4.Isha ___ for the team in 2023. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) has clapped (d) will clap
5. 5.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) ran (d) running
6. 6.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) writing (d) wrote
7. 7.I did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) win (b) winning (c) won (d) wins
8. 8.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) goed (d) went
9. 9.They ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) ride (b) rode (c) rided (d) will ride
10. 10.They ___ Grandma last week. (a) helped (b) have helped (c) help (d) will help
11. 11.You ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) feeded (c) fed (d) will feed
12. 12.___ I jog in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
13. 13.___ I play cricket last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
14. 14.Kavya did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helps (b) helped (c) help (d) helping
15. 15.___ I feed the dog last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
16. 16.They ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) will dance (b) have danced (c) dance (d) danced
17. 17.I ___ tea in 2023. (a) make (b) made (c) maked (d) will make
18. 18.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
19. 19.My friends ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) draw (c) drawed (d) will draw
20. 20.Manav ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched
21. 21.___ Pooja watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
22. 22.You ___ lunch in 2023. (a) will bring (b) bringed (c) brought (d) bring
23. 23.He ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) draws (d) drew
24. 24.He did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swam
25. 25.We did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) wrote (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
26. 26.You ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watch (d) watched
27. 27.___ she plant a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
28. 28.My brother ___ a song two days ago. (a) sang (b) sings (c) has sung (d) will sing
29. 29.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
30. 30.Dev ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) cooked
31. 31.My brother ___ for the team yesterday. (a) will clap (b) claps (c) has clapped (d) clapped
32. 32.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
33. 33.They ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) feed (d) fed
34. 34.She did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) spoke
35. 35.He ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
36. 36.___ you help Grandma last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
37. 37.They ___ the bag yesterday. (a) have carried (b) will carry (c) carried (d) carry
38. 38.My parents did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
39. 39.He ___ the room yesterday. (a) has cleaned (b) cleans (c) cleaned (d) will clean
40. 40.You did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buys (b) bought (c) buy (d) buying

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