Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 799 · 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.___ we fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.Rahul ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flies (b) will fly (c) flew (d) flyed
3. 3.___ she take the train last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
4. 4.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
5. 5.The students ___ a message two days ago. (a) will send (b) sent (c) send (d) sended
6. 6.I ___ in the park yesterday. (a) ran (b) runned (c) run (d) will run
7. 7.The students did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swimming (b) swims (c) swim (d) swam
8. 8.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flyed (c) flying (d) flown
9. 9.He ___ a story last Sunday. (a) telled (b) will tell (c) tells (d) told
10. 10.My parents ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) have jogged (b) jog (c) will jog (d) jogged
11. 11.My sister ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) will play (c) has played (d) played
12. 12.___ my sister tell a story in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
13. 13.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) threw
14. 14.___ you bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
15. 15.She ___ tea last Sunday. (a) will make (b) maked (c) made (d) makes
16. 16.___ the students ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
17. 17.___ they drink milk in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
18. 18.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
19. 19.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drunk
20. 20.She did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbed
21. 21.He did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing (d) wore
22. 22.___ we wear a cap two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
23. 23.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
24. 24.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
25. 25.___ she carry the bag two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
26. 26.___ Kabir play cricket yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
27. 27.I ___ the match yesterday. (a) will win (b) won (c) win (d) winned
28. 28.They ___ the train last Sunday. (a) will take (b) take (c) took (d) taked
29. 29.My brother ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) has jogged (b) jogs (c) will jog (d) jogged
30. 30.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
31. 31.My friends did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carried
32. 32.___ my cousins swim in the pool last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
33. 33.He did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) go (c) goes (d) going
34. 34.You did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) building (b) build (c) builds (d) built
35. 35.You ___ science in 2023. (a) will study (b) have studied (c) studied (d) study
36. 36.___ they catch the ball last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
37. 37.Kavya ___ a cap in 2023. (a) weared (b) wore (c) wears (d) will wear
38. 38.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) writed (d) written
39. 39.You ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) jogged (d) will jog
40. 40.You ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) will carry

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