Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 378 · 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 ___ tea last Sunday. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) made
2. 2.We did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rode (b) ride (c) riding (d) rides
3. 3.We did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) threw (b) throw (c) throws (d) throwing
4. 4.We ___ on the stage last week. (a) dance (b) have danced (c) danced (d) will dance
5. 5.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) throwing
6. 6.___ we speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
7. 7.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
8. 8.Ishaan ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brings (b) bringed (c) brought (d) will bring
9. 9.You did not ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) studied (c) studies (d) studying
10. 10.Pooja did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feed (d) feeding
11. 11.Kabir did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sang (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
12. 12.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
13. 13.___ he carry the bag last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
15. 15.Kabir ___ a tree last week. (a) has climbed (b) will climb (c) climbs (d) climbed
16. 16.We ___ in the park last week. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) jogged
17. 17.We ___ cricket two days ago. (a) have played (b) play (c) will play (d) played
18. 18.The students ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) will throw
19. 19.My cousins ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feed (b) fed (c) feeded (d) will feed
20. 20.He did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) playing (d) plays
21. 21.She did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) dance (c) dancing (d) danced
22. 22.I ___ tea two days ago. (a) will make (b) made (c) maked (d) make
23. 23.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
24. 24.___ my parents help Grandma in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
25. 25.She ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched
26. 26.___ Yash make tea last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.___ she carry the bag two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
28. 28.She did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) building (b) builds (c) built (d) build
29. 29.___ you help Grandma yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.He ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) tells (d) told
31. 31.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drank
32. 32.They ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swim
33. 33.___ you dance on the stage last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
34. 34.We did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) telling (c) tell (d) tells
35. 35.Yash ___ Grandma last week. (a) has helped (b) helps (c) helped (d) will help
36. 36.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn
37. 37.Vivaan ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) helps (c) has helped (d) will help
38. 38.He did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
39. 39.We ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaked (b) speak (c) spoke (d) will speak
40. 40.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eated (d) eating

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