Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 779 · 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.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
2. 2.Kavya ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) will help (b) has helped (c) helps (d) helped
3. 3.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flew (d) flyed
4. 4.___ Nisha buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
5. 5.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
6. 6.Diya did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) study (c) studies (d) studying
7. 7.___ he speak Hindi last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
8. 8.___ you speak Hindi in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
9. 9.He ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builded (b) built (c) builds (d) will build
10. 10.She ___ a picture last week. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) draws (d) drew
11. 11.___ I cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
13. 13.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rided (c) ridden (d) rode
14. 14.My brother ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) cooks
15. 15.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawing (c) drawed (d) drew
16. 16.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinking
17. 17.We did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
18. 18.My brother did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catching (b) catches (c) caught (d) catch
19. 19.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) running (c) run (d) ran
20. 20.They ___ science yesterday. (a) study (b) studied (c) have studied (d) will study
21. 21.He did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) tell (c) telling (d) tells
22. 22.___ the children take the train last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
23. 23.You ___ the train in 2023. (a) take (b) will take (c) took (d) taked
24. 24.My brother ___ cricket in 2023. (a) plays (b) will play (c) has played (d) played
25. 25.He ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) will play (b) plays (c) has played (d) played
26. 26.___ we plant a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
27. 27.Vivaan ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) drew
28. 28.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wore (c) wearing (d) weared
29. 29.My brother did not ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buys (b) buying (c) bought (d) buy
30. 30.___ you plant a tree last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
31. 31.___ Aditya write a letter yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
32. 32.___ my sister wear a cap two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.They ___ science last Sunday. (a) will study (b) study (c) have studied (d) studied
34. 34.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
35. 35.My friends ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) will build (b) builded (c) build (d) built
36. 36.You ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clap (b) will clap (c) clapped (d) have clapped
37. 37.___ my cousins go to school two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
38. 38.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runned (b) run (c) will run (d) ran
39. 39.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) speaking
40. 40.___ Aisha draw a picture two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was

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