Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 425 · 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.You did not ___ milk last week. (a) drink (b) drinks (c) drank (d) drinking
2. 2.Priya did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) taking (b) takes (c) take (d) took
3. 3.___ Dev watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
4. 4.You did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) sang (b) sings (c) sing (d) singing
5. 5.___ Aarav watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
6. 6.He did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooked
7. 7.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) wrote (d) written
8. 8.He ___ the bag last week. (a) has carried (b) carried (c) carries (d) will carry
9. 9.You ___ a kite yesterday. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) fly (d) flew
10. 10.___ he make tea last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
11. 11.We did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) taking (b) took (c) take (d) takes
12. 12.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
13. 13.___ I speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
15. 15.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
16. 16.She ___ the bag in 2023. (a) has carried (b) carries (c) will carry (d) carried
17. 17.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
18. 18.She did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) helps (c) helping (d) help
19. 19.I did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builds (b) built (c) building (d) build
20. 20.She did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flew (b) flying (c) fly (d) flies
21. 21.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taken (d) taking
22. 22.___ we sing a song last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.She ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will run (b) ran (c) runned (d) runs
24. 24.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawed
25. 25.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drunk
26. 26.I did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) drew (c) draws (d) drawing
27. 27.They ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) will bake (b) bake (c) have baked (d) baked
28. 28.___ we plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
29. 29.___ we tell a story in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
30. 30.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wore (c) wearing (d) weared
31. 31.My brother ___ the match yesterday. (a) will win (b) winned (c) wins (d) won
32. 32.Sneha did not ___ milk last week. (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drink (d) drinks
33. 33.Aarav ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) will speak (c) speaked (d) speaks
34. 34.Tara did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
35. 35.I ___ a cap in 2023. (a) will wear (b) wear (c) weared (d) wore
36. 36.We did not ___ the match last week. (a) wins (b) winning (c) win (d) won
37. 37.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) went (d) goed
38. 38.I did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) planted
39. 39.You ___ the match two days ago. (a) win (b) will win (c) winned (d) won
40. 40.My cousins did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooked (d) cooks

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