Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 589 · 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.___ we bring lunch last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
2. 2.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
3. 3.___ Arjun draw a picture in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
4. 4.He ___ a kite last week. (a) flies (b) flyed (c) flew (d) will fly
5. 5.We ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) jog (d) have jogged
6. 6.___ he write a letter in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
7. 7.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
8. 8.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
9. 9.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) runned (c) running (d) ran
10. 10.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
11. 11.They ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) draw (c) drawed (d) will draw
12. 12.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) worn (c) wore (d) weared
13. 13.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
14. 14.She did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
15. 15.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drinked
16. 16.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) ridden (c) rode (d) riding
17. 17.Vivaan ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) will tell (c) tells (d) telled
18. 18.My brother did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carry
19. 19.___ my parents dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
20. 20.They ___ the room two days ago. (a) clean (b) have cleaned (c) cleaned (d) will clean
21. 21.___ he dance on the stage last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
22. 22.The students did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eat (d) eats
23. 23.My sister ___ the ball in 2023. (a) will catch (b) caught (c) catched (d) catches
24. 24.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swum
25. 25.He ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) has jogged (c) will jog (d) jogs
26. 26.___ we help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
27. 27.___ he win the match yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eaten (c) eating (d) eated
29. 29.They ___ science in 2023. (a) will study (b) studied (c) study (d) have studied
30. 30.I ___ the room in 2023. (a) have cleaned (b) clean (c) will clean (d) cleaned
31. 31.___ my sister catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
32. 32.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
33. 33.___ my parents win the match last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
34. 34.You did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
35. 35.My brother ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) will tell (c) tells (d) telled
36. 36.They did not ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) helped (c) helping (d) help
37. 37.Tara ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helps (b) will help (c) helped (d) has helped
38. 38.___ my parents cook rice two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
39. 39.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
40. 40.We did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carried (d) carry

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