Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 806 · 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.___ Kavya draw a picture yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.I did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogs
3. 3.We ___ a tree last week. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) have climbed (d) will climb
4. 4.The children ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winned (b) won (c) win (d) will win
5. 5.___ we eat a mango last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
6. 6.My cousins ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) will climb (c) climb (d) have climbed
7. 7.My brother ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooked (d) cooks
8. 8.___ Kunal ride a bicycle last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
9. 9.She ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) will help (b) has helped (c) helped (d) helps
10. 10.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringed (c) bringing
11. 11.___ I watch a cartoon last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
12. 12.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) run (c) runned (d) ran
13. 13.He did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sending (b) send (c) sent (d) sends
14. 14.They did not ___ the dog last week. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feed
15. 15.My brother did not ___ tea last Sunday. (a) makes (b) make (c) made (d) making
16. 16.___ you clean the room two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
17. 17.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) goed (c) gone (d) going
18. 18.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) eated (d) ate
19. 19.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
20. 20.___ you make tea last week? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
21. 21.They ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) carried (d) will carry
22. 22.He ___ the ball in 2023. (a) will throw (b) throws (c) throwed (d) threw
23. 23.___ my parents wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
24. 24.He ___ a message last week. (a) sent (b) sended (c) sends (d) will send
25. 25.She did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) send (b) sends (c) sending (d) sent
26. 26.___ my cousins help Grandma yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
27. 27.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimming
28. 28.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) written (d) writing
29. 29.She did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) writing (c) write (d) writes
30. 30.I ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) drew (c) drawed (d) will draw
31. 31.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
32. 32.___ he dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
33. 33.___ you help Grandma last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.My sister did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sings (d) sing
35. 35.You did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) told (b) telling (c) tell (d) tells
36. 36.I did not ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) eat (c) eating (d) ate
37. 37.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flown
38. 38.They did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carries (b) carrying (c) carry (d) carried
39. 39.Ishaan did not ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brought (d) brings
40. 40.You ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) will take (c) took (d) taked

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