Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 436 · 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.He did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wearing (d) wear
2. 2.The students did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) fed
3. 3.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) eaten (d) ate
4. 4.He did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) drew (d) draws
5. 5.You ___ a song last week. (a) have sung (b) will sing (c) sing (d) sang
6. 6.Aisha ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dances (b) danced (c) has danced (d) will dance
7. 7.___ Zoya build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
8. 8.I did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
9. 9.You ___ the ball two days ago. (a) will throw (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throw
10. 10.You ___ the bag yesterday. (a) have carried (b) carry (c) will carry (d) carried
11. 11.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flown (d) flyed
12. 12.She ___ the train in 2023. (a) will take (b) took (c) takes (d) taked
13. 13.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rode
14. 14.She ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will run (b) runs (c) runned (d) ran
15. 15.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) throwed
16. 16.You did not ___ a story last week. (a) telling (b) told (c) tells (d) tell
17. 17.You ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) have helped (b) will help (c) help (d) helped
18. 18.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawed (d) drawn
19. 19.I did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) studying (b) studies (c) studied (d) study
20. 20.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
21. 21.He ___ a cap two days ago. (a) will wear (b) wears (c) wore (d) weared
22. 22.I ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) draw (c) drawed (d) will draw
23. 23.___ you write a letter yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
24. 24.Kunal ___ the train two days ago. (a) takes (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
25. 25.They ___ in the pool last week. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
26. 26.They did not ___ a letter last week. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) wrote
27. 27.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writing (d) written
28. 28.They did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) flew
29. 29.I ___ to school two days ago. (a) went (b) go (c) will go (d) goed
30. 30.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
31. 31.We did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
32. 32.My sister did not ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) go (c) going (d) goes
33. 33.Pooja ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) will draw (b) draws (c) drawed (d) drew
34. 34.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
35. 35.Farhan ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) will speak (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) speaks
36. 36.___ my brother make tea two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
37. 37.___ my brother help Grandma in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
38. 38.You ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) swim (c) swam (d) will swim
39. 39.___ Neel watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.He did not ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) flies (c) fly (d) flying

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