Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 362 · 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 “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
2. 2.Ananya did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bring (b) brought (c) brings (d) bringing
3. 3.My brother ___ for the team last week. (a) claps (b) has clapped (c) clapped (d) will clap
4. 4.You did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speak (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speaking
5. 5.We did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
6. 6.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoken
7. 7.___ they cook rice last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
8. 8.My brother ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) has planted (c) planted (d) will plant
9. 9.My friends ___ the dog two days ago. (a) fed (b) will feed (c) feeded (d) feed
10. 10.___ we throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
11. 11.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
12. 12.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
13. 13.___ we clean the room in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.My brother ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) has carried (c) carries (d) will carry
15. 15.___ they ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
16. 16.___ he speak Hindi last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.You ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) tell (c) will tell (d) telled
18. 18.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
19. 19.My friends ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feed
20. 20.They ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buyed (d) will buy
21. 21.He ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winned (b) wins (c) will win (d) won
22. 22.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drawed
23. 23.I ___ a mango in 2023. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eat (d) eated
24. 24.I did not ___ a song last week. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) sang
25. 25.She did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
26. 26.He ___ a story in 2023. (a) telled (b) told (c) tells (d) will tell
27. 27.We did not ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) run (c) running (d) runs
28. 28.___ he catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
29. 29.They ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wear
30. 30.They ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) have jogged (b) will jog (c) jog (d) jogged
31. 31.They ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drink
32. 32.You ___ a song in 2023. (a) have sung (b) sang (c) will sing (d) sing
33. 33.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) went (d) going
34. 34.Priya ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swims (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
35. 35.My cousins did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) clean
36. 36.I ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) will help (b) helped (c) have helped (d) help
37. 37.They ___ in the pool last week. (a) will swim (b) swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
38. 38.You ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) will climb (d) have climbed
39. 39.I ___ milk last week. (a) will drink (b) drink (c) drinked (d) drank
40. 40.Dev did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washed (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing

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