Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 692 · 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.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
2. 2.___ you study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
3. 3.___ we swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
5. 5.___ Sneha speak Hindi two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
6. 6.___ Pooja jog in the park two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
7. 7.My cousins ___ tea in 2023. (a) will make (b) make (c) made (d) maked
8. 8.They ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) have clapped (b) clap (c) will clap (d) clapped
9. 9.___ we bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
10. 10.Aditya ___ a picture last week. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) drew (d) draws
11. 11.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) ate (d) eated
12. 12.Aarav ___ milk last week. (a) will drink (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drinks
13. 13.My brother ___ science in 2023. (a) studied (b) studies (c) has studied (d) will study
14. 14.I ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) sing (c) will sing (d) have sung
15. 15.We ___ a cap yesterday. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wear (d) wore
16. 16.We did not ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) riding (b) rode (c) rides (d) ride
17. 17.Aarav ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) will clean (c) has cleaned (d) cleaned
18. 18.Priya did not ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helped (b) helping (c) help (d) helps
19. 19.We ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) ride (b) rided (c) will ride (d) rode
20. 20.My brother did not ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watched (d) watch
21. 21.You did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writes (d) writing
22. 22.___ we run in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
23. 23.___ Sneha plant a tree last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
24. 24.She ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) has played (b) plays (c) played (d) will play
25. 25.My friends ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) build (b) will build (c) builded (d) built
26. 26.I did not ___ a song two days ago. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sings (d) sing
27. 27.I ___ a bicycle last week. (a) will ride (b) ride (c) rided (d) rode
28. 28.We ___ in the pool last week. (a) swim (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) will swim
29. 29.You did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
30. 30.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
31. 31.They did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) caught (b) catches (c) catching (d) catch
32. 32.I ___ the match last Sunday. (a) won (b) will win (c) win (d) winned
33. 33.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flown (c) flew (d) flying
34. 34.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
35. 35.They ___ a kite yesterday. (a) will fly (b) flew (c) flyed (d) fly
36. 36.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) buying (c) bought
37. 37.___ Kunal play cricket last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) ridden (d) rode
39. 39.They ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) will swim (b) swim (c) swimmed (d) swam
40. 40.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) thrown (d) throwing

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