Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 508 · 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.The children ___ a cap two days ago. (a) weared (b) wear (c) wore (d) will wear
2. 2.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wore (c) weared (d) wearing
3. 3.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
4. 4.___ Saanvi plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.Priya did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plant (b) planting (c) plants (d) planted
6. 6.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
7. 7.My brother did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) runs (b) run (c) ran (d) running
8. 8.Kavya ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) has jogged (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) jogs
9. 9.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
10. 10.___ the students ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
11. 11.___ I fly a kite in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.We ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watched (d) watch
13. 13.Nisha did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) going (b) go (c) goes (d) went
14. 14.You ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feed (c) will feed (d) feeded
15. 15.Yash did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
16. 16.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runned
17. 17.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flown (d) flying
18. 18.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drinked
19. 19.He ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) will cook (d) has cooked
20. 20.They did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sending (b) sent (c) sends (d) send
21. 21.We ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) will build (b) builded (c) build (d) built
22. 22.He did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) playing (c) play (d) played
23. 23.___ my brother feed the dog two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
24. 24.___ my parents make tea yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
25. 25.My friends did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) cooking
26. 26.He did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) takes (b) taking (c) take (d) took
27. 27.___ he cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
28. 28.___ you buy vegetables last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
29. 29.___ she clap for the team in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
30. 30.___ they wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
31. 31.___ Kavya clean the room yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
32. 32.___ Nisha go to school last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
33. 33.___ they clean the room two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
34. 34.Rohan did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) riding (b) rides (c) rode (d) ride
35. 35.___ my brother watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.Sneha did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) fed
37. 37.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
38. 38.I ___ a song in 2023. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sing (d) sang
39. 39.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
40. 40.She did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) watching (c) watches (d) watch

Free english grammar lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-grammar