Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 867 · 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.He ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draws (b) will draw (c) drew (d) drawed
2. 2.___ Rahul climb a tree in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
3. 3.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
4. 4.He did not ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wearing (b) wear (c) wears (d) wore
5. 5.You did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watches (b) watched (c) watching (d) watch
6. 6.My brother did not ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) bought
7. 7.We ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feed (c) will feed (d) feeded
8. 8.We ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
9. 9.She ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) built (b) will build (c) builds (d) builded
10. 10.___ he buy vegetables last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
11. 11.They ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) drawed (c) drew (d) will draw
12. 12.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) runned (d) running
13. 13.She ___ the dog in 2023. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) feeded (d) will feed
14. 14.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
15. 15.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked
16. 16.We ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catch (b) will catch (c) catched (d) caught
17. 17.___ Ishaan jog in the park yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
18. 18.___ I build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
19. 19.I ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) help (c) have helped (d) will help
20. 20.We did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbing (b) climbed (c) climb (d) climbs
21. 21.___ you speak Hindi last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
22. 22.___ she clean the room last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
23. 23.___ she plant a tree yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
24. 24.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
25. 25.They ___ a tree two days ago. (a) climb (b) will climb (c) have climbed (d) climbed
26. 26.He ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinks (b) will drink (c) drank (d) drinked
27. 27.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) going (d) went
28. 28.You ___ a kite yesterday. (a) will fly (b) flew (c) fly (d) flyed
29. 29.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flying (c) flown (d) flew
30. 30.Saanvi ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) will speak (b) spoke (c) speaked (d) speaks
31. 31.He ___ rice last Sunday. (a) has cooked (b) cooked (c) cooks (d) will cook
32. 32.My parents did not ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
33. 33.She did not ___ a cap in 2023. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wore (d) wearing
34. 34.My friends did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dancing (d) dance
35. 35.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
36. 36.___ Kavya cook rice yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
37. 37.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
38. 38.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speaked
39. 39.Meera ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleans (b) has cleaned (c) will clean (d) cleaned
40. 40.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buying (c) buyed

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