Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 603 · 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 ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
2. 2.She ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) carries (d) has carried
3. 3.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) took (c) taking (d) taked
4. 4.My brother did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
5. 5.She ___ a mango last week. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eats
6. 6.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
7. 7.We did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinks (b) drink (c) drank (d) drinking
8. 8.You did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wearing (d) wear
9. 9.She ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draws (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) drew
10. 10.We ___ in the park yesterday. (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) will run
11. 11.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
12. 12.Riya ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) will help (b) helped (c) helps (d) has helped
13. 13.___ Omkar watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
14. 14.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
15. 15.We ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) watch
16. 16.She ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) will help (b) has helped (c) helped (d) helps
17. 17.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wore (c) weared (d) wearing
18. 18.She ___ a cake two days ago. (a) has baked (b) baked (c) will bake (d) bakes
19. 19.He did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) wrote
20. 20.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eating (d) eated
21. 21.They ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catch (c) will catch (d) catched
22. 22.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drinking (d) drank
23. 23.___ they dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
24. 24.My parents ___ a story last week. (a) tell (b) told (c) telled (d) will tell
25. 25.She did not ___ vegetables last week. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buying (d) buys
26. 26.They did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studies (b) studied (c) studying (d) study
27. 27.They ___ milk last week. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drink (d) drank
28. 28.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
29. 29.___ they build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
30. 30.He ___ the bag two days ago. (a) will carry (b) carries (c) carried (d) has carried
31. 31.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) threw
32. 32.Isha did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
33. 33.Arjun did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbed (d) climbs
34. 34.I did not ___ a song last week. (a) sang (b) sings (c) sing (d) singing
35. 35.Isha did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sing (b) sings (c) sang (d) singing
36. 36.She ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carries (b) carried (c) will carry (d) has carried
37. 37.___ I fly a kite yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
38. 38.___ she feed the dog last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.___ my sister cook rice last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
40. 40.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won

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