Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 627 · 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.You did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) built
2. 2.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) running (d) run
3. 3.We did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) buys (c) bought (d) buy
4. 4.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
5. 5.My sister ___ a kite yesterday. (a) will fly (b) flew (c) flies (d) flyed
6. 6.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drew (d) drawing
7. 7.Omkar ___ lunch last week. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) brings (d) bringed
8. 8.___ you draw a picture two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
9. 9.___ we dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
10. 10.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
11. 11.She did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sending (b) sent (c) sends (d) send
12. 12.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwing
13. 13.You ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feed (d) will feed
14. 14.___ Kabir build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
15. 15.You ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climb (b) have climbed (c) will climb (d) climbed
16. 16.___ Arjun fly a kite two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
17. 17.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) ridden (d) rided
18. 18.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
19. 19.I ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catch (c) will catch (d) catched
20. 20.We ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catched (b) catch (c) caught (d) will catch
21. 21.___ my sister draw a picture last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
22. 22.___ you swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.Dev ___ the train last Sunday. (a) took (b) takes (c) will take (d) taked
24. 24.My sister ___ the dog last week. (a) feeds (b) feeded (c) fed (d) will feed
25. 25.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) spoke
26. 26.Vivaan ___ Grandma last week. (a) will help (b) helped (c) has helped (d) helps
27. 27.You ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telled (b) tell (c) will tell (d) told
28. 28.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flew (c) flown (d) flyed
29. 29.___ they speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
30. 30.He did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drinks
31. 31.___ you feed the dog yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
32. 32.Isha did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) sent (b) send (c) sending (d) sends
33. 33.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
34. 34.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eated (d) eating
35. 35.Rahul ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) has jogged (c) jogged (d) will jog
36. 36.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) went (c) going (d) gone
37. 37.Neel did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) bake (d) baked
38. 38.You ___ a message yesterday. (a) send (b) sended (c) will send (d) sent
39. 39.___ Saanvi ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
40. 40.He ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) has washed (b) will wash (c) washed (d) washes

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