Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 774 · 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.___ my parents bring lunch yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
2. 2.My cousins did not ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) built (b) build (c) building (d) builds
3. 3.They ___ for the team last week. (a) will clap (b) clap (c) clapped (d) have clapped
4. 4.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
5. 5.Sneha ___ a kite last week. (a) flyed (b) flies (c) will fly (d) flew
6. 6.Zoya ___ in the park last week. (a) jogs (b) has jogged (c) will jog (d) jogged
7. 7.My friends ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drink
8. 8.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
9. 9.___ my cousins study science two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
10. 10.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
11. 11.___ you clean the room in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
12. 12.___ you build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
13. 13.The children ___ the bag last week. (a) have carried (b) carry (c) will carry (d) carried
14. 14.___ my brother tell a story in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
15. 15.Ira ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flyed (b) flies (c) flew (d) will fly
16. 16.Diya ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runned (b) will run (c) ran (d) runs
17. 17.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
18. 18.She ___ the train last week. (a) will take (b) takes (c) taked (d) took
19. 19.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawed
20. 20.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drank
21. 21.She did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) brings (d) bring
22. 22.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) went (d) gone
23. 23.___ I sing a song last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
24. 24.The children ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
25. 25.He ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draws (b) drawed (c) drew (d) will draw
26. 26.She did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) makes (b) made (c) making (d) make
27. 27.___ Meera watch a cartoon last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
28. 28.My parents ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) have watched (b) watched (c) watch (d) will watch
29. 29.___ he swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
30. 30.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swimming
31. 31.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
32. 32.Yash did not ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carrying (b) carried (c) carry (d) carries
33. 33.___ my friends send a message two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.They ___ cricket yesterday. (a) will play (b) play (c) have played (d) played
35. 35.My friends did not ___ cricket in 2023. (a) playing (b) played (c) plays (d) play
36. 36.She did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) plants (d) planting
37. 37.Dev did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
38. 38.They did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) takes (b) take (c) taking (d) took
39. 39.Arjun did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dance (d) dances
40. 40.My brother ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) has helped (b) helped (c) helps (d) will help

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