Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 738 · 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.They did not ___ science two days ago. (a) study (b) studying (c) studied (d) studies
2. 2.I ___ the dog in 2023. (a) will feed (b) fed (c) feed (d) feeded
3. 3.Aisha ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) weared (b) wears (c) wore (d) will wear
4. 4.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swimmed
5. 5.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
6. 6.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
7. 7.Priya did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) taking (b) takes (c) took (d) take
8. 8.I ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) will drink (c) drink (d) drinked
9. 9.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wore (c) wearing (d) worn
10. 10.___ Aarav make tea last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
11. 11.Sneha ___ a story yesterday. (a) telled (b) told (c) tells (d) will tell
12. 12.___ she clap for the team last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.I ___ a song last Sunday. (a) will sing (b) have sung (c) sang (d) sing
14. 14.You ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) drew (c) drawed (d) will draw
15. 15.___ the children drink milk in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
16. 16.Manav did not ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
17. 17.You ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) weared (c) wear (d) will wear
18. 18.___ Aisha make tea last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
19. 19.Rahul ___ the match in 2023. (a) will win (b) wins (c) winned (d) won
20. 20.She ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drew (b) draws (c) drawed (d) will draw
21. 21.You did not ___ a cake last week. (a) bake (b) baked (c) bakes (d) baking
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
23. 23.My brother ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) planted (c) has planted (d) will plant
24. 24.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) threw (d) thrown
25. 25.___ we ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
26. 26.My brother did not ___ for the team last week. (a) claps (b) clapping (c) clap (d) clapped
27. 27.You did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) built (b) builds (c) building (d) build
28. 28.You ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buyed (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buy
29. 29.I did not ___ cricket last week. (a) played (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
30. 30.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) ate (d) eaten
31. 31.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
32. 32.___ the children play cricket last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
33. 33.You ___ cricket last week. (a) play (b) will play (c) played (d) have played
34. 34.They ___ the room last week. (a) will clean (b) cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) clean
35. 35.___ I speak Hindi last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
36. 36.My cousins did not ___ science last week. (a) study (b) studies (c) studying (d) studied
37. 37.They ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) will build (b) build (c) builded (d) built
38. 38.___ Farhan help Grandma two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
39. 39.They ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) carried (c) will carry (d) have carried
40. 40.___ he buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does

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