Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 796 · 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 “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
2. 2.We ___ the dishes last week. (a) will wash (b) have washed (c) washed (d) wash
3. 3.You did not ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rides (b) rode (c) riding (d) ride
4. 4.My brother ___ the ball yesterday. (a) throwed (b) threw (c) will throw (d) throws
5. 5.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
6. 6.She did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) building (c) build (d) built
7. 7.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
8. 8.Aarav did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) clapped (b) clapping (c) claps (d) clap
9. 9.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
10. 10.___ they dance on the stage yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
11. 11.Isha did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) threw (d) throws
12. 12.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinked
13. 13.___ she bring lunch last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
14. 14.She ___ rice yesterday. (a) has cooked (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) will cook
15. 15.___ Myra run in the park in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
16. 16.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
17. 17.My friends ___ rice last Sunday. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cook (d) cooked
18. 18.We ___ the dog last week. (a) will feed (b) feed (c) fed (d) feeded
19. 19.Diya ___ in the park yesterday. (a) runs (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
20. 20.You ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) telled (c) will tell (d) tell
21. 21.Vivaan ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) will draw (b) drew (c) draws (d) drawed
22. 22.___ he ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
23. 23.My sister ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimmed (b) will swim (c) swam (d) swims
24. 24.You did not ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) buying (c) bought (d) buys
25. 25.You ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catch (b) will catch (c) catched (d) caught
26. 26.We ___ a picture in 2023. (a) drew (b) will draw (c) draw (d) drawed
27. 27.They ___ lunch last week. (a) will bring (b) bring (c) brought (d) bringed
28. 28.___ Isha catch the ball yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
29. 29.___ we help Grandma two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
30. 30.___ we climb a tree two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
31. 31.___ we help Grandma last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
32. 32.___ we speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
33. 33.I ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) study (d) will study
34. 34.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eaten (c) eated (d) ate
35. 35.She ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throwed (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throws
36. 36.I ___ rice in 2023. (a) cook (b) have cooked (c) will cook (d) cooked
37. 37.They ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) will eat (b) eated (c) ate (d) eat
38. 38.___ he wash the dishes in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
39. 39.___ she wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
40. 40.My brother ___ a mango last week. (a) eated (b) will eat (c) eats (d) ate

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