Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 51 · 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.My brother ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has climbed (b) will climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
2. 2.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
3. 3.Sneha did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swims
4. 4.___ Dev climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
5. 5.Neel ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dances (b) has danced (c) will dance (d) danced
6. 6.We ___ for the team last week. (a) will clap (b) clap (c) have clapped (d) clapped
7. 7.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rided (d) rode
8. 8.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) spoke
9. 9.They did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carried
10. 10.___ she go to school two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
11. 11.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
12. 12.___ Omkar draw a picture yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
13. 13.I ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) have carried (d) carried
14. 14.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawn
15. 15.The children did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carried
16. 16.___ the children clap for the team in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
17. 17.They ___ a tree in 2023. (a) have planted (b) will plant (c) plant (d) planted
18. 18.You ___ the match yesterday. (a) winned (b) win (c) won (d) will win
19. 19.I ___ a message in 2023. (a) sended (b) send (c) sent (d) will send
20. 20.You ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swimmed
21. 21.She ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brings (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) brought
22. 22.We did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wear (d) wears
23. 23.___ she bring lunch last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.Aditya ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rided (d) rides
25. 25.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinked
26. 26.I ___ a letter two days ago. (a) write (b) wrote (c) will write (d) writed
27. 27.She ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) drinked (d) will drink
28. 28.She ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will jog (b) jogs (c) jogged (d) has jogged
29. 29.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) goed (d) went
30. 30.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) sing (c) have sung (d) will sing
31. 31.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
32. 32.Manav ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) has studied (c) will study (d) studies
33. 33.___ Priya fly a kite two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
34. 34.You did not ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helping (b) helped (c) help (d) helps
35. 35.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) plant (c) planted (d) have planted
36. 36.He did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swim
37. 37.My brother did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) bake (d) baking
38. 38.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
39. 39.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
40. 40.___ they ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do

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