Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 544 · 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 “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wearing (d) wore
2. 2.I did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) flew
3. 3.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
4. 4.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drawed
5. 5.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
6. 6.___ my cousins watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.Karan ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drinks
8. 8.___ you eat a mango yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) took (c) taked (d) taking
10. 10.___ my sister buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
11. 11.___ Vivaan jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
12. 12.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
13. 13.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
14. 14.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
15. 15.My sister did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baking (b) baked (c) bake (d) bakes
16. 16.She did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sent (b) sends (c) sending (d) send
17. 17.___ the students speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
18. 18.___ the students carry the bag two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
19. 19.___ my sister sing a song in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
20. 20.I ___ a message last week. (a) will send (b) send (c) sended (d) sent
21. 21.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drinked
22. 22.You ___ the train last Sunday. (a) will take (b) taked (c) take (d) took
23. 23.They did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buying (d) buys
24. 24.___ I draw a picture two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
25. 25.___ my brother study science in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) riding (c) rided (d) rode
27. 27.Ishaan did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) build (c) builds (d) building
28. 28.___ you climb a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
29. 29.___ the children clean the room last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
30. 30.___ we speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
31. 31.Sneha ___ rice in 2023. (a) has cooked (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) will cook
32. 32.I ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) will build (b) builded (c) built (d) build
33. 33.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swum
34. 34.My sister did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbed
35. 35.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
36. 36.___ she catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
37. 37.Ananya ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) will climb (c) climbed (d) has climbed
38. 38.He did not ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sending (c) sends (d) send
39. 39.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flew (c) flying (d) flyed
40. 40.My sister ___ the room last week. (a) has cleaned (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) cleans

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