Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 826 · 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 “fly”? (a) flown (b) flying (c) flyed (d) flew
2. 2.___ she climb a tree yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
3. 3.___ Arjun help Grandma last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
4. 4.You ___ milk last Sunday. (a) will drink (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drink
5. 5.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
6. 6.My brother did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogging
7. 7.___ you make tea two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
8. 8.She ___ a mango last week. (a) ate (b) eated (c) eats (d) will eat
9. 9.We did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) caught
10. 10.She ___ a cap two days ago. (a) will wear (b) wore (c) weared (d) wears
11. 11.My brother ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) will speak (b) speaks (c) speaked (d) spoke
12. 12.I did not ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swim
13. 13.___ they wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.___ my brother bring lunch yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
15. 15.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
16. 16.I did not ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) wash (b) washing (c) washes (d) washed
17. 17.Ananya ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) will ride (b) rode (c) rides (d) rided
18. 18.They ___ cricket two days ago. (a) have played (b) play (c) will play (d) played
19. 19.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drank
20. 20.Ishaan did not ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) cleans
21. 21.___ Karan climb a tree last week? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
22. 22.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drawing
23. 23.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
24. 24.Aditya did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch (d) watched
25. 25.I ___ the ball last week. (a) will throw (b) threw (c) throw (d) throwed
26. 26.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) throwed (c) thrown (d) threw
27. 27.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
28. 28.He did not ___ science last week. (a) studies (b) studied (c) studying (d) study
29. 29.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) writed (c) wrote (d) writing
30. 30.They did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) climb
31. 31.My brother did not ___ a cake two days ago. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) baked
32. 32.___ we wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
33. 33.He ___ to school last Sunday. (a) goed (b) will go (c) goes (d) went
34. 34.She ___ for the team yesterday. (a) will clap (b) clapped (c) has clapped (d) claps
35. 35.My parents did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) drew
36. 36.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wore (d) wearing
37. 37.My brother did not ___ a cap last week. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wears (d) wear
38. 38.___ we write a letter in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.___ Pooja draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
40. 40.Omkar ___ a message in 2023. (a) sends (b) sended (c) sent (d) will send

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