Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 63 · 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 picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) draws (c) draw (d) drawing
2. 2.I did not ___ a story last week. (a) telling (b) tell (c) told (d) tells
3. 3.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
4. 4.___ my brother clap for the team yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
5. 5.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
6. 6.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
7. 7.___ I send a message last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
8. 8.Dev ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will climb (b) climbs (c) has climbed (d) climbed
9. 9.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
10. 10.Vivaan ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) has jogged (d) will jog
11. 11.You ___ for the team yesterday. (a) will clap (b) clap (c) have clapped (d) clapped
12. 12.She ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) has cleaned (c) cleaned (d) will clean
13. 13.Neel did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) building (b) builds (c) built (d) build
14. 14.He did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) won
15. 15.I did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rode (b) rides (c) ride (d) riding
16. 16.You did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catching (d) catches
17. 17.The children did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plants (b) planting (c) planted (d) plant
18. 18.___ they carry the bag yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinking
20. 20.My sister ___ a mango last week. (a) eats (b) eated (c) will eat (d) ate
21. 21.___ I buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
22. 22.I ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flyed (b) flew (c) fly (d) will fly
23. 23.Rahul did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) take (b) takes (c) took (d) taking
24. 24.You did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) runs (b) ran (c) running (d) run
25. 25.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) goed (c) gone (d) went
26. 26.___ we plant a tree in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
27. 27.They did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) go (b) goes (c) going (d) went
28. 28.We ___ a mango two days ago. (a) will eat (b) eat (c) eated (d) ate
29. 29.You did not ___ for the team last week. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clap
30. 30.We did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wears (b) wearing (c) wore (d) wear
31. 31.___ Myra watch a cartoon last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
32. 32.___ my brother clean the room in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
33. 33.You did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carry (c) carries (d) carrying
34. 34.We did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tells (b) told (c) tell (d) telling
35. 35.My brother ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched
36. 36.They ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) will drink (c) drink (d) drinked
37. 37.We did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) played (c) plays (d) play
38. 38.We did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wore (b) wears (c) wear (d) wearing
39. 39.We ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) weared (b) wore (c) will wear (d) wear
40. 40.We did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drink

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