Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 446 · 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 clean the room last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
2. 2.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
3. 3.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
4. 4.You ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carry (b) carried (c) will carry (d) have carried
5. 5.___ he bring lunch two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
6. 6.Yash ___ a mango yesterday. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) eats
7. 7.___ she catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
8. 8.My brother did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buying (d) buys
9. 9.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) went (d) going
10. 10.Arjun ___ a song two days ago. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) has sung (d) sings
11. 11.We did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throw (d) throwing
12. 12.You ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) cook (d) have cooked
13. 13.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throwing
14. 14.___ Aditya take the train yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
15. 15.My sister ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) runned (c) runs (d) will run
16. 16.You did not ___ a song last week. (a) singing (b) sing (c) sings (d) sang
17. 17.Pooja ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catched (b) catches (c) will catch (d) caught
18. 18.She did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clapping (b) claps (c) clapped (d) clap
19. 19.The students ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) will wash (b) wash (c) washed (d) have washed
20. 20.___ he run in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
21. 21.___ she sing a song last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
22. 22.___ I bake a cake last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.I ___ milk two days ago. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drinked
24. 24.___ the students catch the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
25. 25.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
26. 26.___ you send a message last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.We ___ the ball last week. (a) caught (b) catched (c) catch (d) will catch
28. 28.I ___ cricket last week. (a) have played (b) will play (c) play (d) played
29. 29.___ you go to school yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
30. 30.She ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catches (b) caught (c) catched (d) will catch
31. 31.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
32. 32.___ she win the match last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.Rohan ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) swims (c) swam (d) will swim
34. 34.___ he cook rice last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
35. 35.My brother ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) has cooked (c) will cook (d) cooks
36. 36.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
37. 37.He ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaked (b) will speak (c) spoke (d) speaks
38. 38.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) wrote (d) writing
39. 39.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) speaked
40. 40.___ we speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did

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