Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 537 · 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.Dev ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draws (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) drew
2. 2.Ishaan did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) fly (b) flying (c) flies (d) flew
3. 3.My friends did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) feed (d) fed
4. 4.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runned
5. 5.___ Isha jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
6. 6.They ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) will study (d) study
7. 7.___ he send a message in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
8. 8.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) weared (d) wore
9. 9.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
10. 10.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
11. 11.I did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) plants (c) planted (d) planting
12. 12.___ he eat a mango yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
13. 13.___ I throw the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
14. 14.They ___ cricket last week. (a) will play (b) have played (c) played (d) play
15. 15.She ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooks (b) has cooked (c) will cook (d) cooked
16. 16.Meera did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) making (b) makes (c) made (d) make
17. 17.I ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) will study (d) study
18. 18.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
19. 19.She did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carried (d) carry
20. 20.She ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swimmed (b) swims (c) swam (d) will swim
21. 21.___ he climb a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
22. 22.We ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) will buy (b) buyed (c) bought (d) buy
23. 23.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speaked
24. 24.___ Saanvi climb a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
25. 25.___ my friends sing a song two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.He ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) will speak
27. 27.They ___ the bag last week. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) have carried (d) carry
28. 28.We did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) went (c) going (d) goes
29. 29.You ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watch (d) have watched
30. 30.Vivaan ___ a letter in 2023. (a) wrote (b) writes (c) will write (d) writed
31. 31.Neel ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
32. 32.You did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) bring (d) brought
33. 33.I ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buy
34. 34.Omkar did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wore (d) wearing
35. 35.___ we build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
36. 36.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
37. 37.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eating
38. 38.___ I cook rice last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
39. 39.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
40. 40.You ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catched

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