Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 632 · 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.My brother did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) going (b) go (c) went (d) goes
2. 2.She did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) winning (b) wins (c) won (d) win
3. 3.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
4. 4.___ Sneha help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
5. 5.We ___ milk last week. (a) drinked (b) drink (c) will drink (d) drank
6. 6.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) eated (d) ate
7. 7.___ Aisha eat a mango in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
8. 8.___ Zoya sing a song last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.___ you draw a picture yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
10. 10.We ___ a song last Sunday. (a) will sing (b) sang (c) sing (d) have sung
11. 11.___ they ride a bicycle two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
12. 12.She ___ the ball last week. (a) will throw (b) throwed (c) throws (d) threw
13. 13.Omkar ___ a song in 2023. (a) has sung (b) will sing (c) sang (d) sings
14. 14.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flown (c) flying (d) flyed
15. 15.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) thrown (c) throwed (d) threw
16. 16.We ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) will wash (b) washed (c) wash (d) have washed
17. 17.They did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studies (b) study (c) studying (d) studied
18. 18.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawing
19. 19.___ I watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
20. 20.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
21. 21.___ the children dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
22. 22.___ I cook rice yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.My sister did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) winning (c) wins (d) win
24. 24.___ Rahul win the match last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
25. 25.He did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sending (b) sent (c) sends (d) send
26. 26.He ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) eated (d) eats
27. 27.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writed (c) written (d) writing
28. 28.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
29. 29.You ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plant (b) will plant (c) have planted (d) planted
30. 30.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
31. 31.Kunal did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wears (d) wear
32. 32.You did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) building (c) builds (d) build
33. 33.My friends did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drew (b) drawing (c) draws (d) draw
34. 34.He did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
35. 35.I did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch (d) watched
36. 36.The children did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swam
37. 37.You ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) cooked (c) cook (d) have cooked
38. 38.He ___ tea in 2023. (a) will make (b) maked (c) makes (d) made
39. 39.___ she bake a cake in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
40. 40.They did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays (d) playing

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