Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 722 · 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 “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
2. 2.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swimmed (d) swam
3. 3.___ my brother speak Hindi last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
4. 4.They did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) help (b) helped (c) helping (d) helps
5. 5.___ we tell a story in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
6. 6.I did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch
7. 7.Ananya ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogs (b) will jog (c) has jogged (d) jogged
8. 8.___ we catch the ball last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.They did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washes (b) washing (c) washed (d) wash
10. 10.We ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooked (b) have cooked (c) cook (d) will cook
11. 11.___ we bake a cake yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
12. 12.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
13. 13.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) threw (c) throwing (d) thrown
14. 14.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinked
15. 15.___ Ananya bring lunch in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.Ishaan ___ the match in 2023. (a) wins (b) won (c) winned (d) will win
17. 17.___ my parents clean the room last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
18. 18.They ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) will build (c) builded (d) build
19. 19.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) went (d) going
20. 20.Diya ___ a cake two days ago. (a) will bake (b) bakes (c) has baked (d) baked
21. 21.You ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) have studied (c) studied (d) will study
22. 22.___ my brother bake a cake last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
23. 23.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
24. 24.___ she climb a tree last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
25. 25.___ I win the match in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
26. 26.___ you buy vegetables last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.___ he make tea yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
28. 28.___ my sister swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
29. 29.They did not ___ the ball last week. (a) catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catching
30. 30.She did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) swam
31. 31.___ she eat a mango in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
32. 32.___ the students draw a picture yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
33. 33.My sister did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jogging
34. 34.Ananya ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swimmed (b) swims (c) will swim (d) swam
35. 35.___ you write a letter two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
36. 36.We did not ___ a story last week. (a) telling (b) tells (c) tell (d) told
37. 37.The students ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) studied (c) study (d) have studied
38. 38.I did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) makes (b) making (c) made (d) make
39. 39.We ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plant (b) planted (c) will plant (d) have planted
40. 40.___ my sister help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did

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