Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 367 · 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.They ___ the match last Sunday. (a) won (b) will win (c) winned (d) win
2. 2.Rohan ___ a tree in 2023. (a) will climb (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) has climbed
3. 3.They ___ a tree last week. (a) will climb (b) climb (c) have climbed (d) climbed
4. 4.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
5. 5.___ I study science in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
6. 6.You did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) win (b) wins (c) won (d) winning
7. 7.___ he climb a tree yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
8. 8.I did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drank (d) drinking
9. 9.___ they feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
10. 10.Arjun ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flies (b) will fly (c) flyed (d) flew
11. 11.___ you plant a tree last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
12. 12.Farhan ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told
13. 13.They did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaking
14. 14.My brother ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) will carry (c) has carried (d) carries
15. 15.The students did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) going (c) goes (d) go
16. 16.I ___ in the pool last week. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swim (d) swimmed
17. 17.___ Priya jog in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.He did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bring (d) brings
19. 19.___ the students build a sandcastle last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.I did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) eat (c) eating (d) ate
21. 21.My brother ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) has washed (d) washed
22. 22.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flew
23. 23.She ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) will dance (b) has danced (c) dances (d) danced
24. 24.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
25. 25.We did not ___ milk last week. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) drinking (d) drank
26. 26.Yash ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) has jogged (d) jogs
27. 27.___ you plant a tree yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
28. 28.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
29. 29.My sister ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) has planted (c) will plant (d) planted
30. 30.We did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washed (b) washing (c) washes (d) wash
31. 31.___ Karan run in the park last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.They did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sing (b) singing (c) sings (d) sang
33. 33.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
34. 34.Karan ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) studies (c) has studied (d) will study
35. 35.My sister did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
36. 36.You did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) send (c) sending (d) sends
37. 37.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
38. 38.He ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sends (c) will send (d) sended
39. 39.Kavya ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) will help (b) helps (c) has helped (d) helped
40. 40.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending

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