Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 770 · 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.She did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) caught (b) catch (c) catches (d) catching
2. 2.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drunk
3. 3.Myra did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swim (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swam
4. 4.Karan ___ the bag in 2023. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) has carried (d) carries
5. 5.___ he ride a bicycle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
6. 6.___ my sister ride a bicycle last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.You ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rode (b) will ride (c) ride (d) rided
8. 8.She did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) danced (c) dances (d) dancing
9. 9.We ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) drawed (c) draw (d) will draw
10. 10.Aarav did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaks (d) speaking
11. 11.Rahul ___ cricket in 2023. (a) will play (b) plays (c) played (d) has played
12. 12.They did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogging
13. 13.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buying
14. 14.I ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) run (c) runned (d) will run
15. 15.You ___ the match last Sunday. (a) will win (b) won (c) winned (d) win
16. 16.He ___ for the team yesterday. (a) claps (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) has clapped
17. 17.___ she go to school last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
18. 18.He ___ a tree yesterday. (a) plants (b) planted (c) will plant (d) has planted
19. 19.You did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimming (b) swim (c) swims (d) swam
20. 20.___ she fly a kite yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
21. 21.___ we play cricket in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
22. 22.You did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) sing (c) singing (d) sings
23. 23.He did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bring (d) brings
24. 24.___ she play cricket two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
25. 25.Farhan ___ a tree two days ago. (a) plants (b) will plant (c) has planted (d) planted
26. 26.You did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogging (d) jogged
27. 27.She did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swims
28. 28.She did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tell (b) telling (c) tells (d) told
29. 29.My sister ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) has helped (b) will help (c) helped (d) helps
30. 30.I ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flyed (b) will fly (c) flew (d) fly
31. 31.He ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) will speak (c) speaks (d) speaked
32. 32.___ I run in the park last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
33. 33.___ you sing a song two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
34. 34.I ___ tea yesterday. (a) made (b) make (c) maked (d) will make
35. 35.Riya did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swam
36. 36.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) builded (c) built
37. 37.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swum
38. 38.___ I eat a mango two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
39. 39.She did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) climbing
40. 40.She did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) taking (c) took (d) take

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