Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 422 · 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 fly a kite yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
3. 3.I ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) will ride (b) rided (c) ride (d) rode
4. 4.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
5. 5.We ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) will help (b) help (c) have helped (d) helped
6. 6.She ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) has washed (b) washes (c) washed (d) will wash
7. 7.___ my friends wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
8. 8.I did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaks (b) speak (c) speaking (d) spoke
9. 9.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drawn
10. 10.My parents did not ___ tea last week. (a) making (b) make (c) made (d) makes
11. 11.My sister did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) baking
12. 12.___ the children sing a song yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
13. 13.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
14. 14.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rode (d) rided
15. 15.They did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) ran (c) run (d) running
16. 16.My brother did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogs (d) jogged
17. 17.___ you carry the bag yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
18. 18.Saanvi ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) will dance (c) has danced (d) danced
19. 19.Ishaan ___ a mango two days ago. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eats (d) eated
20. 20.They ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) will help (b) help (c) have helped (d) helped
21. 21.___ you clean the room yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
22. 22.The children ___ a letter yesterday. (a) will write (b) writed (c) write (d) wrote
23. 23.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) goed (d) going
24. 24.___ you swim in the pool last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.I ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catch
26. 26.___ he tell a story two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
28. 28.Aarav ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) will carry (b) has carried (c) carried (d) carries
29. 29.I ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feed (d) will feed
30. 30.___ I carry the bag last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
31. 31.We did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bring (b) brings (c) brought (d) bringing
32. 32.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) writed (c) wrote (d) written
33. 33.You did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runs
34. 34.Myra ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinks (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drank
35. 35.You did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapping (b) clapped (c) claps (d) clap
36. 36.My parents did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapped (b) clap (c) clapping (d) claps
37. 37.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) spoken (d) speaking
38. 38.My parents ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) have planted (c) will plant (d) plant
39. 39.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
40. 40.___ we watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was

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