Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 582 · 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.I did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) planted (c) plant (d) planting
2. 2.He ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) will jog (c) has jogged (d) jogged
3. 3.He ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rode (b) rides (c) will ride (d) rided
4. 4.___ Ira go to school last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
5. 5.___ Myra watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
6. 6.We ___ vegetables last week. (a) buy (b) buyed (c) bought (d) will buy
7. 7.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
8. 8.Ira ___ the room last week. (a) has cleaned (b) cleaned (c) will clean (d) cleans
9. 9.___ he dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
10. 10.I did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) helped
11. 11.She ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
12. 12.My brother ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goed (b) will go (c) went (d) goes
13. 13.My brother ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) will bake (d) has baked
14. 14.My sister ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) will cook (c) cooks (d) has cooked
15. 15.___ she bake a cake two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
16. 16.___ you tell a story last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
17. 17.We ___ a cap in 2023. (a) will wear (b) wear (c) weared (d) wore
18. 18.___ I help Grandma last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
19. 19.___ Rohan throw the ball two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
20. 20.I ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buy (d) will buy
21. 21.They did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catching
22. 22.We ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bring (d) will bring
23. 23.You ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) sing (c) have sung (d) sang
24. 24.They ___ to school last week. (a) will go (b) goed (c) went (d) go
25. 25.I ___ the dog yesterday. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feeded (d) feed
26. 26.___ my brother plant a tree two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
27. 27.She ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) will catch (b) catched (c) caught (d) catches
28. 28.___ my sister clap for the team last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
29. 29.He did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rides (b) ride (c) riding (d) rode
30. 30.We did not ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) studying (c) studies (d) study
31. 31.___ my sister bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
32. 32.___ we clap for the team in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
33. 33.___ the students draw a picture last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
34. 34.I did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studies (b) studied (c) study (d) studying
35. 35.I ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) eat (d) eated
36. 36.She ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) will eat (c) eated (d) ate
37. 37.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) thrown (c) threw (d) throwed
38. 38.They did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drink
39. 39.You ___ the dog in 2023. (a) will feed (b) feed (c) fed (d) feeded
40. 40.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) took (d) taken

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