Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 562 · 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.He ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) drew
2. 2.She ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helps (b) has helped (c) will help (d) helped
3. 3.You did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) eats (c) eating (d) eat
4. 4.He did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) baking
5. 5.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) threw (d) throwing
6. 6.You did not ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brought (d) brings
7. 7.He did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) draw (d) drew
8. 8.___ Arjun wear a cap last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
9. 9.My friends did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) studies (c) study (d) studying
10. 10.My brother ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) will clap (b) claps (c) has clapped (d) clapped
11. 11.You ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eat (b) will eat (c) eated (d) ate
12. 12.My sister did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) took
13. 13.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
14. 14.___ my brother write a letter yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
15. 15.You did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) speaking (c) speak (d) spoke
16. 16.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
17. 17.___ I tell a story last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) goed (d) gone
19. 19.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
20. 20.___ Saanvi speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
21. 21.She ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) built (b) will build (c) builds (d) builded
22. 22.You ___ tea yesterday. (a) will make (b) make (c) made (d) maked
23. 23.___ she run in the park yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
24. 24.We ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) studied (c) have studied (d) study
25. 25.___ Aditya eat a mango yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
26. 26.We ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) ride (b) rode (c) will ride (d) rided
27. 27.Ira did not ___ a kite in 2023. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flies (d) flew
28. 28.Riya ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watches (d) has watched
29. 29.___ she fly a kite yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
30. 30.You did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buying (d) buys
31. 31.They did not ___ the match last Sunday. (a) won (b) winning (c) wins (d) win
32. 32.I did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogging (b) jogs (c) jog (d) jogged
33. 33.My sister ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watches (b) will watch (c) watched (d) has watched
34. 34.They ___ a kite last week. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) flew (d) will fly
35. 35.My friends ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sang (d) sing
36. 36.___ I take the train two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
37. 37.___ Kavya tell a story last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
38. 38.We ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaked (b) speak (c) spoke (d) will speak
39. 39.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
40. 40.My sister ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran

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