Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 408 · 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 cartoon two days ago. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) watched
2. 2.They did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brought
3. 3.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwed
4. 4.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
5. 5.You did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brought
6. 6.___ he play cricket in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
7. 7.You did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carries
8. 8.You did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studying (b) study (c) studied (d) studies
9. 9.We ___ cricket two days ago. (a) play (b) will play (c) have played (d) played
10. 10.He did not ___ a picture last week. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) drew (d) draw
11. 11.___ Karan fly a kite yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.___ I fly a kite in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
13. 13.My brother did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drew (d) drawing
14. 14.___ we plant a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
15. 15.I ___ a story two days ago. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) tell (d) told
16. 16.My sister ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) planted (c) will plant (d) has planted
17. 17.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
18. 18.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) went (d) gone
19. 19.My parents did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climb
20. 20.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drew
21. 21.___ we write a letter in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
22. 22.___ she watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
23. 23.My brother ___ a story last week. (a) tells (b) told (c) telled (d) will tell
24. 24.She ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) will wash (b) washes (c) washed (d) has washed
25. 25.They ___ a tree yesterday. (a) have planted (b) will plant (c) planted (d) plant
26. 26.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) spoke
27. 27.My friends did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drinks
28. 28.My brother did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writing (b) write (c) wrote (d) writes
29. 29.You did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planting (b) plant (c) planted (d) plants
30. 30.Vivaan ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draws (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) drew
31. 31.My sister did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleaned
32. 32.She ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) eated (c) will eat (d) ate
33. 33.___ she eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
34. 34.You did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wearing (d) wear
35. 35.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
36. 36.My sister ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) washed (d) has washed
37. 37.We did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watched (d) watch
38. 38.I did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) planting (c) planted (d) plant
39. 39.___ you make tea two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
40. 40.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended

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