Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 793 · 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.I did not ___ a tree last week. (a) plant (b) planting (c) planted (d) plants
2. 2.My cousins did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) watched
3. 3.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeded (c) feeding
4. 4.He ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) has watched (c) watched (d) will watch
5. 5.My brother ___ the ball yesterday. (a) will catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catched
6. 6.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wearing (d) wore
7. 7.We ___ a cap in 2023. (a) will wear (b) weared (c) wear (d) wore
8. 8.I ___ the ball last week. (a) catch (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catched
9. 9.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) riding (c) rided (d) ridden
10. 10.___ you wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
11. 11.___ you study science in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.She did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) climb
13. 13.My sister did not ___ milk yesterday. (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drinks
14. 14.Meera did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) bought
15. 15.___ Ananya swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
16. 16.Neel ___ the train in 2023. (a) will take (b) taked (c) takes (d) took
17. 17.You ___ the match in 2023. (a) win (b) will win (c) won (d) winned
18. 18.Ira ___ a letter in 2023. (a) wrote (b) writes (c) writed (d) will write
19. 19.Manav ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) jogs (d) has jogged
20. 20.Omkar did not ___ science two days ago. (a) studied (b) study (c) studying (d) studies
21. 21.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
22. 22.___ they jog in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.You ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) will plant (d) have planted
24. 24.My parents ___ the match last week. (a) will win (b) winned (c) win (d) won
25. 25.They did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dancing (d) dance
26. 26.We did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry
27. 27.We ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catched (b) caught (c) will catch (d) catch
28. 28.You ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feed (b) will feed (c) feeded (d) fed
29. 29.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drew
30. 30.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) spoke
31. 31.___ I catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
32. 32.___ the children study science in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
33. 33.They ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) clean (c) have cleaned (d) will clean
34. 34.My sister did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carrying (b) carry (c) carries (d) carried
35. 35.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flyed (c) flew (d) flown
36. 36.We did not ___ a letter last week. (a) wrote (b) writes (c) write (d) writing
37. 37.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) caught (c) catching
38. 38.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
39. 39.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
40. 40.We did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eats (b) eating (c) eat (d) ate

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