Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 681 · 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.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) runned (c) ran (d) will run
2. 2.He did not ___ a tree last week. (a) climbs (b) climbing (c) climb (d) climbed
3. 3.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
4. 4.My parents ___ a kite in 2023. (a) fly (b) flyed (c) flew (d) will fly
5. 5.___ we plant a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
6. 6.___ my sister wear a cap last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.My cousins did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) makes (b) making (c) make (d) made
8. 8.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) builded (c) building
9. 9.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
10. 10.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
11. 11.My friends did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) ran (b) running (c) run (d) runs
12. 12.They did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaking
13. 13.Aisha did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) makes (b) make (c) made (d) making
14. 14.Zoya ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) washes (c) has washed (d) will wash
15. 15.I ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drinked (d) drank
16. 16.Arjun did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studying (b) study (c) studies (d) studied
17. 17.___ my brother tell a story last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
18. 18.The students ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swim
19. 19.They did not ___ the ball last week. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throw
20. 20.___ Neel draw a picture last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
21. 21.My brother ___ milk last week. (a) drinked (b) will drink (c) drinks (d) drank
22. 22.She ___ a song last week. (a) sings (b) has sung (c) sang (d) will sing
23. 23.___ I dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.The students ___ a cake in 2023. (a) baked (b) will bake (c) bake (d) have baked
25. 25.She ___ to school in 2023. (a) goes (b) will go (c) went (d) goed
26. 26.I did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) cooking
27. 27.We ___ cricket two days ago. (a) play (b) played (c) will play (d) have played
28. 28.Riya did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drink
29. 29.___ my friends eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
30. 30.___ she plant a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
31. 31.We ___ a letter two days ago. (a) will write (b) write (c) writed (d) wrote
32. 32.Karan ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watches (b) will watch (c) has watched (d) watched
33. 33.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
34. 34.You ___ a mango last week. (a) eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) will eat
35. 35.Isha did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooked
36. 36.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
37. 37.They ___ a cap yesterday. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wear (d) wore
38. 38.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) running (d) run
39. 39.They ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studied (c) will study (d) have studied
40. 40.I ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writed (b) write (c) wrote (d) will write

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