Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 531 · 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.Farhan ___ the ball last week. (a) throws (b) threw (c) will throw (d) throwed
2. 2.___ you plant a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
3. 3.___ you catch the ball last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
4. 4.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) weared (d) worn
5. 5.My friends did not ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) baking
6. 6.My sister ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sings (b) will sing (c) has sung (d) sang
7. 7.___ my cousins send a message two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
8. 8.___ you cook rice yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.Riya did not ___ lunch last week. (a) bring (b) brings (c) bringing (d) brought
10. 10.Farhan did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) goes (b) go (c) went (d) going
11. 11.I did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) sent
12. 12.She did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eat (b) eating (c) eats (d) ate
13. 13.I did not ___ lunch last week. (a) brings (b) bring (c) bringing (d) brought
14. 14.I ___ rice last Sunday. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) cook
15. 15.___ he buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
16. 16.I ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooked (c) have cooked (d) will cook
17. 17.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
18. 18.She did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watched (d) watch
19. 19.He ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) made (c) maked (d) makes
20. 20.He did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapping
21. 21.___ he feed the dog last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
22. 22.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) speaked
23. 23.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flew (d) flying
24. 24.___ they speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
25. 25.They did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sending (b) sends (c) send (d) sent
26. 26.Kabir ___ a story in 2023. (a) tells (b) telled (c) told (d) will tell
27. 27.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) ate (c) eaten (d) eating
28. 28.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
29. 29.We did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
30. 30.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
31. 31.___ he sing a song last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
32. 32.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
33. 33.I did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) fly (b) flying (c) flies (d) flew
34. 34.My sister ___ the ball in 2023. (a) caught (b) catches (c) will catch (d) catched
35. 35.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawed
36. 36.___ the students clean the room yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
37. 37.They ___ cricket two days ago. (a) will play (b) play (c) have played (d) played
38. 38.You did not ___ a song last week. (a) sang (b) sing (c) sings (d) singing
39. 39.___ you tell a story yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
40. 40.___ he feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do

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