Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 377 · 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.We ___ for the team two days ago. (a) have clapped (b) clap (c) clapped (d) will clap
2. 2.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawed
3. 3.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
4. 4.You did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
5. 5.Aarav ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) brings
6. 6.My sister did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
7. 7.___ she fly a kite two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
8. 8.Farhan ___ a mango two days ago. (a) will eat (b) eats (c) eated (d) ate
9. 9.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) writing (d) written
10. 10.___ he take the train last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
11. 11.___ my brother dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.___ the students clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
13. 13.My parents did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
14. 14.Nisha ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) will bring (d) brings
15. 15.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
16. 16.He did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eat (c) eats (d) eating
17. 17.___ you dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.My sister did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catching (b) caught (c) catch (d) catches
19. 19.They ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) will carry (d) have carried
20. 20.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
21. 21.___ you wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
22. 22.___ my brother carry the bag yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
23. 23.I did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flew (b) fly (c) flying (d) flies
24. 24.We did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sending (b) sent (c) sends (d) send
25. 25.You did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
26. 26.We ___ the match last week. (a) winned (b) won (c) win (d) will win
27. 27.He ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wore
28. 28.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) went (c) goed (d) going
29. 29.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) speaking
30. 30.___ you watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
31. 31.She ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) bought (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) buys
32. 32.___ he write a letter last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
33. 33.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) taked (d) took
34. 34.We ___ for the team last week. (a) clap (b) have clapped (c) clapped (d) will clap
35. 35.She did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dance (b) danced (c) dances (d) dancing
36. 36.We ___ vegetables last week. (a) buy (b) buyed (c) bought (d) will buy
37. 37.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
38. 38.My brother ___ science last week. (a) studies (b) studied (c) has studied (d) will study
39. 39.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinked
40. 40.The students did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rode (d) rides

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