Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 530 · 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 “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) wrote (d) writing
2. 2.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) speaking
3. 3.___ we play cricket last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
4. 4.I ___ a mango two days ago. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eated (d) eat
5. 5.Ananya ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) swims (c) will swim (d) swam
6. 6.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
7. 7.My brother did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) plays (c) played (d) play
8. 8.I did not ___ milk last week. (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drink (d) drinks
9. 9.___ he help Grandma last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
10. 10.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eated (d) eaten
11. 11.___ we draw a picture last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
12. 12.I did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speak
13. 13.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
14. 14.___ he play cricket last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
15. 15.___ you throw the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
16. 16.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
17. 17.___ my brother help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.He did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swam (d) swim
19. 19.___ Rahul tell a story last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
20. 20.___ she help Grandma in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
21. 21.Arjun ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) will clean
22. 22.___ she build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
23. 23.My cousins did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) wins (b) won (c) win (d) winning
24. 24.We did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flies (b) flying (c) flew (d) fly
25. 25.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
26. 26.We did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
27. 27.My friends ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) will ride (b) rided (c) ride (d) rode
28. 28.___ she plant a tree in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
29. 29.We did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eat (b) eats (c) ate (d) eating
30. 30.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) throwed
31. 31.The students ___ the match in 2023. (a) winned (b) win (c) won (d) will win
32. 32.___ he climb a tree last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.You did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinks
34. 34.My friends ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) will jog (d) have jogged
35. 35.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
36. 36.___ the students tell a story in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
37. 37.He ___ the bag yesterday. (a) has carried (b) carried (c) carries (d) will carry
38. 38.___ my cousins ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
39. 39.___ she clean the room last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
40. 40.You ___ a letter in 2023. (a) wrote (b) will write (c) writed (d) write

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