Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 833 · 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.I ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) jog (d) have jogged
2. 2.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writed (d) writing
3. 3.___ I bake a cake in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
5. 5.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) speaked (d) spoke
6. 6.___ he fly a kite two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
7. 7.He ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winned (b) won (c) wins (d) will win
8. 8.You ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) will jog (b) jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
9. 9.We did not ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) send (c) sent (d) sending
10. 10.___ Pooja bake a cake in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
11. 11.He ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) has planted (c) planted (d) will plant
12. 12.___ you ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
13. 13.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) goed (d) went
14. 14.We did not ___ a cartoon last week. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch (d) watching
15. 15.He did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) write (d) writing
16. 16.___ he take the train in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
17. 17.Myra ___ milk last Sunday. (a) will drink (b) drinks (c) drank (d) drinked
18. 18.Riya ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carries (c) has carried (d) will carry
19. 19.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
20. 20.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
21. 21.Vivaan ___ a picture last week. (a) drawed (b) drew (c) will draw (d) draws
22. 22.___ we watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
23. 23.The students ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watched (b) have watched (c) watch (d) will watch
24. 24.___ he study science two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
25. 25.Vivaan ___ a tree last week. (a) has planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) planted
26. 26.___ he bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.___ Saanvi take the train in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.He did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) building (b) builds (c) built (d) build
29. 29.The students ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinked (b) drink (c) drank (d) will drink
30. 30.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
31. 31.___ Rohan go to school last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
32. 32.___ I go to school last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.I ___ science yesterday. (a) will study (b) have studied (c) studied (d) study
34. 34.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
35. 35.Kavya ___ Hindi last week. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) speaked (d) will speak
36. 36.The students ___ Grandma two days ago. (a) have helped (b) will help (c) help (d) helped
37. 37.___ we run in the park two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
38. 38.___ I dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
39. 39.I did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cook
40. 40.My sister did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) takes (b) taking (c) took (d) take

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