Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 641 · 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.___ we wear a cap last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
3. 3.___ Farhan draw a picture in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
4. 4.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drinking
5. 5.He ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) has washed (c) will wash (d) washed
6. 6.___ she wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
8. 8.___ my cousins dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
9. 9.___ we cook rice last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
10. 10.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) took (d) taked
11. 11.___ you dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
12. 12.Arjun did not ___ the train last week. (a) taking (b) takes (c) take (d) took
13. 13.___ she win the match last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
14. 14.___ you cook rice two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
15. 15.He ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) helped (b) will help (c) has helped (d) helps
16. 16.My sister ___ milk last week. (a) drinks (b) drinked (c) drank (d) will drink
17. 17.You ___ the train two days ago. (a) taked (b) will take (c) take (d) took
18. 18.Kabir ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) has planted (c) planted (d) plants
19. 19.I did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) wins (b) winning (c) won (d) win
20. 20.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) throwed (d) threw
21. 21.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) ran (b) runned (c) running (d) run
22. 22.___ you dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
23. 23.She did not ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) cleaned
24. 24.___ you speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
25. 25.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writed (c) writing (d) written
26. 26.___ you tell a story yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
27. 27.I ___ a story last week. (a) will tell (b) tell (c) told (d) telled
28. 28.We ___ the bag yesterday. (a) have carried (b) carried (c) will carry (d) carry
29. 29.Aarav did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) writing (c) write (d) wrote
30. 30.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drawed (d) drew
31. 31.My brother ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) studied (c) will study (d) has studied
32. 32.___ he wash the dishes last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
33. 33.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
34. 34.___ we tell a story yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
35. 35.Farhan did not ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) build (b) builds (c) built (d) building
36. 36.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
37. 37.You did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) help (b) helped (c) helping (d) helps
38. 38.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
39. 39.___ you watch a cartoon last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.He did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sing (d) sings

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