Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 777 · 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.___ he bring lunch in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
2. 2.I ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builded (b) build (c) will build (d) built
3. 3.Rohan did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogs (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogging
4. 4.We did not ___ a tree last week. (a) planted (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
5. 5.I ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feed (d) will feed
6. 6.Ananya ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) will draw (b) drew (c) draws (d) drawed
7. 7.She did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) planted (c) planting (d) plant
8. 8.They ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speak (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) will speak
9. 9.___ you carry the bag two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.You ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) carry
11. 11.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
12. 12.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
13. 13.___ she speak Hindi last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
14. 14.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
15. 15.She ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) will swim (b) swims (c) swam (d) swimmed
16. 16.My parents did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drink (c) drinking (d) drinks
17. 17.We ___ a message last week. (a) sended (b) sent (c) will send (d) send
18. 18.We ___ the dishes last week. (a) will wash (b) wash (c) have washed (d) washed
19. 19.My sister ___ the room yesterday. (a) will clean (b) has cleaned (c) cleans (d) cleaned
20. 20.You ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) will speak (d) speak
21. 21.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) ridden (d) rode
22. 22.You ___ a song yesterday. (a) sang (b) sing (c) have sung (d) will sing
23. 23.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoken (d) spoke
24. 24.She did not ___ a message last week. (a) sending (b) sends (c) send (d) sent
25. 25.___ Dev go to school in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
26. 26.He ___ Grandma last week. (a) has helped (b) helped (c) will help (d) helps
27. 27.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) threw (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) throwed
28. 28.Arjun did not ___ in the park last week. (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runs
29. 29.He ___ a message in 2023. (a) sended (b) sent (c) sends (d) will send
30. 30.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winned (c) winning
31. 31.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) wore (c) wearing (d) worn
32. 32.___ my friends study science last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.You ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) will bring
34. 34.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
35. 35.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawed (d) drawn
36. 36.___ she fly a kite in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
37. 37.Isha did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jog (b) jogging (c) jogged (d) jogs
38. 38.___ we dance on the stage in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
39. 39.They ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will run (b) runned (c) ran (d) run
40. 40.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed

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