Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 830 · 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.___ you bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
2. 2.They ___ the room in 2023. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) have cleaned (d) cleaned
3. 3.Kunal did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climb
4. 4.He did not ___ a tree two days ago. (a) planted (b) planting (c) plants (d) plant
5. 5.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drank (d) drunk
6. 6.Aditya ___ the ball yesterday. (a) threw (b) will throw (c) throws (d) throwed
7. 7.I ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draw (b) drew (c) will draw (d) drawed
8. 8.She did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carried
9. 9.___ we study science yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
10. 10.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) went (c) gone (d) goed
11. 11.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
12. 12.Neel ___ a mango last week. (a) will eat (b) ate (c) eated (d) eats
13. 13.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) rided (c) ridden (d) riding
14. 14.I did not ___ Hindi last week. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speak (d) speaking
15. 15.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taked (b) taking (c) took (d) taken
16. 16.You ___ a song yesterday. (a) will sing (b) sing (c) sang (d) have sung
17. 17.They did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brought (d) brings
18. 18.He did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbs (b) climb (c) climbing (d) climbed
19. 19.We ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) have studied (c) will study (d) study
20. 20.___ my brother wear a cap last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
22. 22.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drew (c) drawn (d) drawed
23. 23.He ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaks (b) will speak (c) spoke (d) speaked
24. 24.You ___ the dog yesterday. (a) will feed (b) feeded (c) fed (d) feed
25. 25.Ananya ___ science two days ago. (a) studies (b) has studied (c) studied (d) will study
26. 26.You ___ in the park in 2023. (a) run (b) ran (c) runned (d) will run
27. 27.We ___ cricket yesterday. (a) have played (b) play (c) played (d) will play
28. 28.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) making (b) made (c) maked
29. 29.Manav ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) will carry (b) has carried (c) carries (d) carried
30. 30.They ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flyed (b) flew (c) fly (d) will fly
31. 31.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swimmed (c) swam (d) swimming
32. 32.You ___ a story in 2023. (a) telled (b) tell (c) told (d) will tell
33. 33.Aditya ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catches (b) catched (c) will catch (d) caught
34. 34.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
35. 35.___ you jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
36. 36.She ___ science last week. (a) has studied (b) studied (c) will study (d) studies
37. 37.Dev did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eat (d) eating
38. 38.I ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buy (b) buyed (c) bought (d) will buy
39. 39.We ___ milk yesterday. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drinked
40. 40.___ you sing a song yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was

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