Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 477 · 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.Kabir ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) bringed (c) brought (d) will bring
2. 2.My brother did not ___ in the park last week. (a) running (b) ran (c) run (d) runs
3. 3.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
4. 4.___ Rahul help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
5. 5.He ___ a cake two days ago. (a) has baked (b) will bake (c) baked (d) bakes
6. 6.You ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) will ride
7. 7.He ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) will eat (c) eated (d) ate
8. 8.My friends ___ a story two days ago. (a) telled (b) tell (c) told (d) will tell
9. 9.He ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) will wear (c) wears (d) weared
10. 10.I did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) baking (c) bakes (d) bake
11. 11.Vivaan did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) fed
12. 12.My brother did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
13. 13.___ my brother watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
14. 14.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drunk
15. 15.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) throwing
16. 16.They ___ to school two days ago. (a) went (b) goed (c) will go (d) go
17. 17.My friends did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watched (d) watch
18. 18.Ishaan ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watches (d) has watched
19. 19.Farhan did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watched (b) watching (c) watches (d) watch
20. 20.We ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watch (d) watched
21. 21.___ he help Grandma last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
22. 22.___ Farhan build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
23. 23.Rahul ___ a picture yesterday. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) draws (d) drew
24. 24.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
25. 25.They ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throw (b) throwed (c) will throw (d) threw
26. 26.___ my parents clap for the team two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
27. 27.She did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goes (b) went (c) going (d) go
28. 28.___ my sister play cricket last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
29. 29.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
30. 30.Farhan ___ a mango two days ago. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eated (d) will eat
31. 31.She did not ___ a cake last week. (a) baking (b) baked (c) bakes (d) bake
32. 32.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
33. 33.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) taking (d) took
34. 34.She ___ for the team two days ago. (a) has clapped (b) claps (c) will clap (d) clapped
35. 35.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
36. 36.My cousins ___ tea in 2023. (a) will make (b) make (c) maked (d) made
37. 37.You ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) will help (b) help (c) have helped (d) helped
38. 38.___ Farhan run in the park last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
39. 39.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swimmed
40. 40.Aarav did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studies (b) studying (c) study (d) studied

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