Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 853 · 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 “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drawing
2. 2.He ___ a cap yesterday. (a) weared (b) wears (c) wore (d) will wear
3. 3.You ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buy (b) will buy (c) buyed (d) bought
4. 4.We ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) have carried (b) carried (c) carry (d) will carry
5. 5.You ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinked (b) drink (c) will drink (d) drank
6. 6.They ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builded (b) built (c) will build (d) build
7. 7.The children ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) will tell (c) tell (d) telled
8. 8.My brother did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tell (b) tells (c) telling (d) told
9. 9.He ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) will build (b) builded (c) builds (d) built
10. 10.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drank
11. 11.___ he fly a kite two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
12. 12.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taked (d) taken
13. 13.They ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwed (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throw
14. 14.___ I play cricket last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
15. 15.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
16. 16.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
17. 17.The students did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) drew (d) draws
18. 18.We did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watching (b) watched (c) watch (d) watches
19. 19.Aisha did not ___ the bag last week. (a) carried (b) carries (c) carry (d) carrying
20. 20.___ you jog in the park two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
21. 21.___ Kavya build a sandcastle two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
22. 22.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) writed (c) wrote (d) written
23. 23.I ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) bought (b) buy (c) buyed (d) will buy
24. 24.She ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dances (b) will dance (c) danced (d) has danced
25. 25.You ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) swim (c) will swim (d) swam
26. 26.My brother did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaking (b) speak (c) spoke (d) speaks
27. 27.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) speaking
28. 28.He ___ a song yesterday. (a) sang (b) will sing (c) sings (d) has sung
29. 29.My friends did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) told (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
30. 30.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
31. 31.She ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buyed (b) will buy (c) buys (d) bought
32. 32.She did not ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eats (b) eat (c) ate (d) eating
33. 33.You did not ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) cleans
34. 34.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) goed (c) going (d) went
35. 35.You did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wearing (b) wore (c) wear (d) wears
36. 36.___ you throw the ball two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
37. 37.___ my friends wear a cap yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
38. 38.She ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) has planted (d) plants
39. 39.They did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) ran (b) run (c) running (d) runs
40. 40.They ___ science last Sunday. (a) study (b) studied (c) will study (d) have studied

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