Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 476 · 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.Saanvi ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) washed (c) will wash (d) has washed
2. 2.We ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) will speak (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaked
3. 3.___ I bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.They did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carries
5. 5.You ___ in the pool last week. (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swim (d) will swim
6. 6.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flew (d) flying
7. 7.The students ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) wrote (c) writed (d) write
8. 8.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
9. 9.I ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) watch (c) watched (d) have watched
10. 10.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimmed
11. 11.Diya ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swims (d) swimmed
12. 12.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) took (d) taked
13. 13.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
14. 14.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
15. 15.___ he bake a cake in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
16. 16.You did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) playing (d) play
17. 17.___ I drink milk in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
18. 18.Aarav did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sing (b) sang (c) singing (d) sings
19. 19.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drew
20. 20.My parents ___ cricket yesterday. (a) will play (b) play (c) played (d) have played
21. 21.You ___ Hindi last week. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) will speak
22. 22.Kunal ___ a tree last week. (a) climbs (b) will climb (c) has climbed (d) climbed
23. 23.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
24. 24.We ___ to school last Sunday. (a) go (b) will go (c) went (d) goed
25. 25.He did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) making (b) makes (c) made (d) make
26. 26.He ___ milk yesterday. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drinks
27. 27.She ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) tells (c) will tell (d) telled
28. 28.They ___ in the park in 2023. (a) have jogged (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) jog
29. 29.They did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eating (d) eat
30. 30.My brother ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) has washed (b) will wash (c) washed (d) washes
31. 31.My sister ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) goed (c) goes (d) will go
32. 32.We ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) weared (d) wear
33. 33.___ they help Grandma two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
34. 34.My brother ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapped (b) will clap (c) claps (d) has clapped
35. 35.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
36. 36.You did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rides (b) riding (c) rode (d) ride
37. 37.___ they fly a kite in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
38. 38.We ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) ride (b) rode (c) will ride (d) rided
39. 39.Omkar did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) going (b) went (c) go (d) goes
40. 40.___ we bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do

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