Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 664 · 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.Sneha ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) has jogged (d) jogs
2. 2.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flew (d) flown
3. 3.___ my brother tell a story last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
4. 4.They ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wore (d) wear
5. 5.We ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) will draw (b) draw (c) drew (d) drawed
6. 6.___ we sing a song in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
7. 7.___ Zoya cook rice last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
8. 8.___ you plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
9. 9.___ my friends dance on the stage last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
10. 10.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drew
11. 11.Rahul ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will jog (b) has jogged (c) jogged (d) jogs
12. 12.He did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throws (b) throw (c) throwing (d) threw
13. 13.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
14. 14.My brother did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jogging
15. 15.___ he wash the dishes last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
16. 16.I ___ the match two days ago. (a) will win (b) win (c) winned (d) won
17. 17.___ we play cricket in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.They ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) will run
19. 19.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
20. 20.___ I build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
21. 21.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) goed (d) went
22. 22.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
23. 23.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
24. 24.He ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will run (b) runs (c) ran (d) runned
25. 25.You ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washed (b) wash (c) have washed (d) will wash
26. 26.Farhan did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washed (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
27. 27.We ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wore (d) wear
28. 28.We ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) wash (b) washed (c) have washed (d) will wash
29. 29.You ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speak (c) will speak (d) speaked
30. 30.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swum
31. 31.___ I build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
32. 32.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinking
33. 33.___ you clap for the team two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
34. 34.She ___ a mango last week. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) eats (d) ate
35. 35.Arjun ___ a story in 2023. (a) will tell (b) telled (c) told (d) tells
36. 36.She ___ a tree two days ago. (a) has planted (b) will plant (c) planted (d) plants
37. 37.___ the children carry the bag two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
38. 38.___ he drink milk in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
39. 39.I ___ science two days ago. (a) have studied (b) will study (c) studied (d) study
40. 40.He did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) playing (b) played (c) play (d) plays

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