Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 643 · 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.Kavya did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buy (b) buying (c) buys (d) bought
2. 2.___ Dev clean the room last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
3. 3.___ Yash carry the bag last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.You ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) have helped (c) help (d) will help
5. 5.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
6. 6.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) writed (d) written
7. 7.Rohan did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) telling (b) tells (c) tell (d) told
8. 8.Kunal ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) has played (b) played (c) will play (d) plays
9. 9.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swum
10. 10.___ we dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
11. 11.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) thrown (c) throwed (d) threw
12. 12.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drunk (d) drinked
13. 13.___ they play cricket yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
14. 14.Sneha ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) will build (b) builded (c) builds (d) built
15. 15.We ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) will climb (c) climb (d) have climbed
16. 16.___ she play cricket in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
17. 17.Ananya ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builds (b) will build (c) built (d) builded
18. 18.He did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dance
19. 19.___ my brother clean the room two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
20. 20.___ I bring lunch in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
21. 21.The children did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches (d) watched
22. 22.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flew
23. 23.Aditya ___ a letter two days ago. (a) writed (b) writes (c) will write (d) wrote
24. 24.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
25. 25.The students did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drawing (c) draw (d) drew
26. 26.___ my friends send a message yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
27. 27.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
28. 28.___ my parents fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
29. 29.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) built (c) building
30. 30.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
31. 31.They ___ a cap yesterday. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wear (d) wore
32. 32.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
33. 33.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) worn (d) weared
34. 34.They did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climbed
35. 35.I ___ a cap two days ago. (a) weared (b) wore (c) will wear (d) wear
36. 36.They did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carries (d) carry
37. 37.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) riding (c) ridden (d) rided
38. 38.You ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) watch (d) have watched
39. 39.___ the children play cricket last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
40. 40.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) took (d) taking

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