Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 524 · 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.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
2. 2.My sister did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carry (d) carries
3. 3.She did not ___ cricket two days ago. (a) played (b) play (c) plays (d) playing
4. 4.She did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catch (b) catching (c) caught (d) catches
5. 5.Manav ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) writes
6. 6.He did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) running (b) runs (c) ran (d) run
7. 7.You ___ the room two days ago. (a) will clean (b) have cleaned (c) cleaned (d) clean
8. 8.We ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) have danced (b) will dance (c) danced (d) dance
9. 9.He did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
10. 10.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) took (c) taken (d) taking
11. 11.___ my sister swim in the pool last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
12. 12.Aarav did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaning
13. 13.___ she run in the park yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
14. 14.___ he swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
15. 15.___ we ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
16. 16.I did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) running (b) runs (c) ran (d) run
17. 17.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) worn (c) weared (d) wore
18. 18.She ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flies (b) will fly (c) flyed (d) flew
19. 19.She ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flies (b) will fly (c) flew (d) flyed
20. 20.I ___ a tree last week. (a) will plant (b) have planted (c) planted (d) plant
21. 21.He did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
22. 22.___ we bring lunch in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
23. 23.___ they climb a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
24. 24.My friends did not ___ tea last week. (a) make (b) making (c) made (d) makes
25. 25.The children ___ Hindi last week. (a) speak (b) speaked (c) spoke (d) will speak
26. 26.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
27. 27.I ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) weared (c) wear (d) will wear
28. 28.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawed (d) drawn
29. 29.He ___ a song last Sunday. (a) has sung (b) will sing (c) sang (d) sings
30. 30.Rohan ___ a cartoon last week. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) has watched (d) watches
31. 31.You ___ rice in 2023. (a) have cooked (b) will cook (c) cook (d) cooked
32. 32.My friends did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watch (b) watched (c) watching (d) watches
33. 33.We did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watch (b) watching (c) watches (d) watched
34. 34.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
35. 35.She did not ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) riding (c) rode (d) ride
36. 36.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swam
37. 37.___ Farhan win the match in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
38. 38.___ my sister catch the ball yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
39. 39.She did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
40. 40.You ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carried (b) will carry (c) have carried (d) carry

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