Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 542 · 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 “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) taken (d) took
2. 2.The children ___ a message yesterday. (a) send (b) will send (c) sended (d) sent
3. 3.The students ___ in the park last week. (a) will jog (b) have jogged (c) jog (d) jogged
4. 4.___ he jog in the park yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.___ Yash study science yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
6. 6.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
7. 7.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
8. 8.Yash did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buys (b) buy (c) buying (d) bought
9. 9.I ___ a cake two days ago. (a) have baked (b) will bake (c) bake (d) baked
10. 10.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
11. 11.My parents ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) build (b) builded (c) will build (d) built
12. 12.We did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drew (b) drawing (c) draws (d) draw
13. 13.He did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watched (d) watch
14. 14.___ my brother wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
15. 15.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
16. 16.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flew
17. 17.Nisha ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) has sung (c) sang (d) sings
18. 18.___ Ananya write a letter last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
19. 19.___ I clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
20. 20.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
21. 21.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rided (d) rode
22. 22.___ she fly a kite last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
23. 23.My sister ___ lunch two days ago. (a) brings (b) brought (c) bringed (d) will bring
24. 24.My brother did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) makes (b) making (c) make (d) made
25. 25.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drawed (d) drew
26. 26.She ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) will send (c) sends (d) sended
27. 27.Rohan ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) has cooked (d) will cook
28. 28.___ I take the train last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
29. 29.We did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogged
30. 30.He ___ a cake yesterday. (a) has baked (b) will bake (c) baked (d) bakes
31. 31.They did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) wins (b) winning (c) win (d) won
32. 32.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
33. 33.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
34. 34.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) run (d) ran
35. 35.My parents did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rode (b) rides (c) riding (d) ride
36. 36.I ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swim (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
37. 37.Kavya ___ a picture yesterday. (a) will draw (b) draws (c) drawed (d) drew
38. 38.My sister ___ science two days ago. (a) studies (b) has studied (c) will study (d) studied
39. 39.I did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) winning (b) win (c) won (d) wins
40. 40.You did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging

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