Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 78 · 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 “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flew (d) flyed
2. 2.She did not ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) speaks (d) spoke
3. 3.They did not ___ science last week. (a) studying (b) studied (c) study (d) studies
4. 4.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
5. 5.I did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) bought (c) buys (d) buying
6. 6.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) wore (c) weared (d) worn
7. 7.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
8. 8.They did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) planting (c) planted (d) plant
9. 9.We ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) win (c) winned (d) will win
10. 10.He ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) speaks (d) will speak
11. 11.___ she send a message yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
12. 12.We ___ the bag two days ago. (a) have carried (b) carried (c) will carry (d) carry
13. 13.My parents did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throws (b) throwing (c) throw (d) threw
14. 14.We ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catched (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catch
15. 15.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
16. 16.He ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) has washed (b) will wash (c) washes (d) washed
17. 17.___ Karan eat a mango yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
18. 18.My sister ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) has danced (b) danced (c) will dance (d) dances
19. 19.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
20. 20.You did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogging
21. 21.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinked (c) drinking (d) drank
22. 22.Manav did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watching (d) watches
23. 23.I did not ___ a message last Sunday. (a) send (b) sends (c) sent (d) sending
24. 24.He did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleaning (b) cleans (c) clean (d) cleaned
25. 25.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) threw
26. 26.You did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooks
27. 27.You ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drank
28. 28.Zoya did not ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) washing (b) washes (c) wash (d) washed
29. 29.___ we win the match last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
30. 30.We ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) help (b) have helped (c) helped (d) will help
31. 31.Kavya ___ in the park yesterday. (a) jogs (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) has jogged
32. 32.They ___ a kite in 2023. (a) will fly (b) flew (c) flyed (d) fly
33. 33.She ___ a mango last week. (a) eated (b) eats (c) ate (d) will eat
34. 34.___ the children study science two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
35. 35.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawing (c) drawed (d) drawn
36. 36.We did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jog (d) jogged
37. 37.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
38. 38.We ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) have danced (b) danced (c) dance (d) will dance
39. 39.I ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swim (d) swimmed
40. 40.He ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) will bake (c) baked (d) has baked

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