Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 475 · 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.___ Arjun send a message in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
2. 2.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flew (d) flying
3. 3.___ I watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
4. 4.___ she run in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
5. 5.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
6. 6.He ___ to school yesterday. (a) goes (b) goed (c) went (d) will go
7. 7.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plant (b) will plant (c) have planted (d) planted
8. 8.We ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watched (b) will watch (c) watch (d) have watched
9. 9.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writing (d) written
10. 10.___ my brother fly a kite yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
11. 11.___ the students plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
12. 12.Aarav ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throwed (b) threw (c) will throw (d) throws
13. 13.The children ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) drank (c) drinked (d) will drink
14. 14.___ you tell a story in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
15. 15.My parents ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) will buy (c) buy (d) buyed
16. 16.My parents did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch (d) watched
17. 17.He ___ a kite two days ago. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) flies (d) flew
18. 18.He ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) throws
19. 19.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
20. 20.They ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) will run
21. 21.Manav ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) will build (b) builded (c) built (d) builds
22. 22.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
23. 23.The students did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) feeding (d) fed
24. 24.___ you help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
26. 26.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
27. 27.They ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) jogged (d) will jog
28. 28.We ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
29. 29.___ my parents buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.Tara did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) carried (c) carries (d) carrying
31. 31.He ___ science last Sunday. (a) has studied (b) studies (c) studied (d) will study
32. 32.We ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jog
33. 33.My brother ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catches (b) catched (c) will catch (d) caught
34. 34.The students did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buy (b) buying (c) bought (d) buys
35. 35.___ Aditya tell a story last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
36. 36.They ___ a cartoon last week. (a) have watched (b) watch (c) will watch (d) watched
37. 37.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
38. 38.My brother ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rides (b) rided (c) will ride (d) rode
39. 39.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drunk
40. 40.You ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) will ride (c) rided (d) ride

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