Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 773 · 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.___ Ishaan write a letter last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
2. 2.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) ate (c) eated (d) eaten
3. 3.My cousins did not ___ a song in 2023. (a) sing (b) sang (c) sings (d) singing
4. 4.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaked (c) speaking (d) spoke
5. 5.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
6. 6.They did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) built
7. 7.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drew
8. 8.Aarav did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapping (b) clap (c) clapped (d) claps
9. 9.He ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) makes (c) maked (d) made
10. 10.I did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
11. 11.We ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drawed (b) drew (c) will draw (d) draw
12. 12.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
13. 13.We did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogged
14. 14.Aditya did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) took (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
15. 15.___ you study science last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
16. 16.Saanvi did not ___ tea two days ago. (a) makes (b) made (c) make (d) making
17. 17.We did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes (d) wrote
18. 18.I ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) will bring (c) bringed (d) bring
19. 19.He did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbed (d) climbing
20. 20.___ you draw a picture two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
21. 21.My cousins ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeded (b) will feed (c) fed (d) feed
22. 22.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writed
23. 23.___ my brother catch the ball last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.He did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dances (d) dance
25. 25.___ Arjun watch a cartoon two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
26. 26.___ Nisha swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
27. 27.We did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) wore (c) wearing (d) wear
28. 28.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
29. 29.He did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sending (b) sends (c) sent (d) send
30. 30.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
31. 31.I did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaking (d) speak
32. 32.She did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
33. 33.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
34. 34.I ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) helped (d) help
35. 35.___ he plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
36. 36.___ I jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
37. 37.You ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinked (b) drank (c) will drink (d) drink
38. 38.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wore (c) weared (d) wearing
39. 39.We did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) make (b) makes (c) making (d) made
40. 40.She did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planting (b) planted (c) plant (d) plants

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