Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 355 · 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.I did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) draw (d) drew
2. 2.Kabir ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) will catch (c) catched (d) catches
3. 3.Arjun ___ milk last week. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drinks (d) drank
4. 4.___ Rohan draw a picture yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
5. 5.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) ran (d) runned
6. 6.___ I throw the ball yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
7. 7.___ we clap for the team yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
8. 8.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
9. 9.You ___ in the pool last week. (a) will swim (b) swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
10. 10.She ___ the dog last week. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeds (d) feeded
11. 11.Dev did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaks
12. 12.They ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) build (b) will build (c) built (d) builded
13. 13.We ___ a song yesterday. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sing (d) sang
14. 14.We ___ the train in 2023. (a) taked (b) took (c) take (d) will take
15. 15.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) took (d) taken
16. 16.She ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wore
17. 17.She did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planting (b) planted (c) plant (d) plants
18. 18.I did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carries
19. 19.I ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climb (b) have climbed (c) climbed (d) will climb
20. 20.She did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) making (c) made (d) make
21. 21.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drunk
22. 22.My brother ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringed (b) will bring (c) brought (d) brings
23. 23.My parents did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carried (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
24. 24.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wearing (d) wore
25. 25.___ I plant a tree yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
26. 26.She ___ a cap yesterday. (a) weared (b) wears (c) will wear (d) wore
27. 27.___ they bring lunch yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
28. 28.Ananya did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jogging
29. 29.Karan ___ a mango last week. (a) eats (b) eated (c) ate (d) will eat
30. 30.I ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) draw (c) will draw (d) drew
31. 31.___ Aarav clean the room two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
32. 32.I did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swims
33. 33.Dev ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeded (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeds
34. 34.He ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) will bake (c) has baked (d) bakes
35. 35.___ they catch the ball last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.The students did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) washed
37. 37.___ Meera write a letter yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.My friends did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speak
39. 39.He did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rides (b) rode (c) riding (d) ride
40. 40.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) gone (d) going

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