Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 79 · 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 friends did not ___ a picture last week. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) draws (d) drew
2. 2.We ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) will help (b) helped (c) help (d) have helped
3. 3.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) run (d) running
4. 4.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) eaten (d) ate
5. 5.___ he swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
6. 6.I ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rode (b) ride (c) will ride (d) rided
7. 7.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throwed
8. 8.He ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooks (b) has cooked (c) will cook (d) cooked
9. 9.The students ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) speak (d) will speak
10. 10.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed
11. 11.___ Farhan fly a kite two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
12. 12.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taken (c) taking (d) took
13. 13.___ you draw a picture yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.We did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swim (c) swimming (d) swims
15. 15.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinking
16. 16.___ Riya go to school in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
17. 17.___ the children wear a cap yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
18. 18.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swimmed
19. 19.We did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bakes (b) baking (c) bake (d) baked
20. 20.___ they wear a cap two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
21. 21.I did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) taking (c) took (d) take
22. 22.Rohan ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) studies (c) studied (d) has studied
23. 23.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
24. 24.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wore (c) wearing (d) weared
25. 25.___ he buy vegetables last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
26. 26.You did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wore
27. 27.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) writed (d) written
28. 28.___ the students study science last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
29. 29.They ___ a picture last week. (a) drawed (b) draw (c) drew (d) will draw
30. 30.You ___ a cap last week. (a) will wear (b) wear (c) weared (d) wore
31. 31.They did not ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dance (d) dances
32. 32.He ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) will eat (b) eats (c) eated (d) ate
33. 33.They ___ cricket last week. (a) play (b) will play (c) have played (d) played
34. 34.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rode (c) riding (d) rided
35. 35.My sister ___ Grandma in 2023. (a) helps (b) will help (c) has helped (d) helped
36. 36.I ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) run (b) runned (c) will run (d) ran
37. 37.My sister ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) has climbed (c) will climb (d) climbs
38. 38.Rohan ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawed (b) will draw (c) draws (d) drew
39. 39.They ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) will watch (b) watched (c) have watched (d) watch
40. 40.You ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catch (b) will catch (c) caught (d) catched

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