Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 636 · 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 speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
2. 2.You did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runs (b) ran (c) running (d) run
3. 3.Rohan ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) will ride (b) rided (c) rode (d) rides
4. 4.___ you speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
5. 5.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flown (d) flying
6. 6.Vivaan ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runs (b) will run (c) ran (d) runned
7. 7.My friends ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drawed (b) drew (c) will draw (d) draw
8. 8.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) runned (d) ran
9. 9.He ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) will speak
10. 10.My parents did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogs
11. 11.My brother ___ a cap in 2023. (a) weared (b) will wear (c) wore (d) wears
12. 12.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
13. 13.They did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) baking (d) bake
14. 14.Vivaan ___ a tree two days ago. (a) will plant (b) has planted (c) plants (d) planted
15. 15.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawn
16. 16.He did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinks (d) drinking
17. 17.The children ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clap (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) have clapped
18. 18.You ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) have climbed (c) climb (d) will climb
19. 19.I ___ a letter two days ago. (a) wrote (b) write (c) will write (d) writed
20. 20.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
21. 21.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drunk
22. 22.My sister ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rode (b) rided (c) will ride (d) rides
23. 23.We ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) will swim (d) swim
24. 24.___ Diya write a letter in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.___ we send a message in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.Farhan ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) will take (c) taked (d) took
27. 27.___ we bring lunch last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
28. 28.He ___ tea last week. (a) made (b) will make (c) maked (d) makes
29. 29.The students ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) have helped (c) help (d) will help
30. 30.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swimmed
31. 31.I ___ in the park in 2023. (a) ran (b) runned (c) will run (d) run
32. 32.We did not ___ science in 2023. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) studied
33. 33.Arjun ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) will cook
34. 34.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eated
35. 35.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) taked (d) took
36. 36.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) rode (c) riding (d) ridden
37. 37.___ we plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
38. 38.I ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) tell (c) will tell (d) telled
39. 39.My sister ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) will buy (b) buys (c) buyed (d) bought
40. 40.The children did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) planting (c) plant (d) planted

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