Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 547 · 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.___ she wear a cap last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
2. 2.He ___ rice in 2023. (a) has cooked (b) will cook (c) cooked (d) cooks
3. 3.He did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
4. 4.You did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogging
5. 5.We did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swim (d) swimming
6. 6.___ she jog in the park in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.He ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) washes (c) will wash (d) has washed
8. 8.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) running (d) ran
9. 9.___ my parents feed the dog yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
10. 10.I ___ a kite in 2023. (a) will fly (b) flew (c) flyed (d) fly
11. 11.We did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak (d) spoke
12. 12.She ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) will build (b) builds (c) builded (d) built
13. 13.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
14. 14.___ he cook rice last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
15. 15.He did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinks
16. 16.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
17. 17.___ my sister throw the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
18. 18.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
19. 19.He ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rided (d) rides
20. 20.They ___ a message last week. (a) sended (b) send (c) will send (d) sent
21. 21.You did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) riding (b) ride (c) rides (d) rode
22. 22.___ Yash throw the ball last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
23. 23.I did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwing (b) throw (c) throws (d) threw
24. 24.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
25. 25.We ___ the dishes last week. (a) will wash (b) wash (c) have washed (d) washed
26. 26.I did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
27. 27.She ___ cricket yesterday. (a) plays (b) played (c) will play (d) has played
28. 28.The students did not ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sending (d) send
29. 29.___ you throw the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
30. 30.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drank
31. 31.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
32. 32.___ she make tea yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
33. 33.___ Saanvi win the match yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.He ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will jog (b) has jogged (c) jogged (d) jogs
35. 35.___ he clean the room last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
36. 36.___ she run in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
37. 37.___ my brother clean the room in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
38. 38.___ my brother jog in the park yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
39. 39.We ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) fly (c) will fly (d) flyed
40. 40.You ___ Hindi last week. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) will speak (d) speaked

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