Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 869 · 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.My parents ___ for the team in 2023. (a) will clap (b) have clapped (c) clapped (d) clap
2. 2.___ I help Grandma last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
3. 3.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawed (d) drawing
4. 4.You ___ lunch in 2023. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) bring
5. 5.They did not ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flying (b) fly (c) flew (d) flies
6. 6.___ you eat a mango two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
7. 7.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drank
8. 8.___ Tara cook rice last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
9. 9.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eated (c) ate (d) eaten
10. 10.I ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) will ride (b) ride (c) rided (d) rode
11. 11.___ I draw a picture last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
12. 12.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
13. 13.Riya did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) washing (c) washed (d) wash
14. 14.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam
15. 15.___ you bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
16. 16.___ he tell a story in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
17. 17.He did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clapping (d) clap
18. 18.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
19. 19.Diya ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catched (b) catches (c) will catch (d) caught
20. 20.I did not ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buy (b) buying (c) bought (d) buys
21. 21.I ___ the room yesterday. (a) have cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) cleaned
22. 22.You did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
23. 23.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) weared (c) wore (d) wearing
24. 24.My sister did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helping (b) help (c) helped (d) helps
25. 25.He ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) will build (b) builded (c) builds (d) built
26. 26.Aarav ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swims (d) will swim
27. 27.We ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) will drink (c) drinked (d) drank
28. 28.We ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watch (b) have watched (c) will watch (d) watched
29. 29.Rahul ___ Hindi two days ago. (a) spoke (b) speaks (c) will speak (d) speaked
30. 30.___ she bake a cake yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
31. 31.My brother ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeded
32. 32.We ___ for the team yesterday. (a) will clap (b) have clapped (c) clapped (d) clap
33. 33.She did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleaned (d) cleans
34. 34.They ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) will dance (c) have danced (d) dance
35. 35.She ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) goes (c) goed (d) will go
36. 36.They ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwed (b) threw (c) will throw (d) throw
37. 37.My brother ___ science yesterday. (a) studies (b) has studied (c) studied (d) will study
38. 38.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
39. 39.I did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played (d) playing
40. 40.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken

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