Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 876 · 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 friends ___ the room last Sunday. (a) cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) clean (d) will clean
2. 2.You ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaked (b) will speak (c) spoke (d) speak
3. 3.___ I take the train two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
4. 4.___ we drink milk last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
5. 5.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
6. 6.We ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) bring
7. 7.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) wrote (d) writing
8. 8.___ we fly a kite last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
9. 9.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawn
10. 10.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) spoken (c) spoke (d) speaking
11. 11.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) telled (c) told
12. 12.My sister ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) buyed (c) will buy (d) bought
13. 13.Aisha did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cook (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) cooking
14. 14.You did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catching (b) catch (c) catches (d) caught
15. 15.My parents did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) going (c) goes (d) went
16. 16.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
17. 17.___ Kabir bring lunch yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
18. 18.He did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) went (c) going (d) goes
19. 19.They ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throw (b) throwed (c) threw (d) will throw
20. 20.I ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buy (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buyed
21. 21.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) gone (c) went (d) going
22. 22.My sister ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) draws (b) will draw (c) drawed (d) drew
23. 23.___ my sister go to school yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.We did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooking (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooks
25. 25.You ___ milk yesterday. (a) drinked (b) drank (c) drink (d) will drink
26. 26.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
27. 27.___ you cook rice last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
28. 28.We did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swam
29. 29.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
30. 30.You did not ___ tea yesterday. (a) makes (b) make (c) making (d) made
31. 31.We ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drank (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drink
32. 32.I ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) will play (d) have played
33. 33.___ she bring lunch in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.He ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carries (b) will carry (c) has carried (d) carried
35. 35.___ you climb a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
36. 36.She ___ a kite last week. (a) will fly (b) flyed (c) flies (d) flew
37. 37.Ishaan ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plants (b) has planted (c) planted (d) will plant
38. 38.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swimmed
39. 39.They did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) wash (b) washed (c) washes (d) washing
40. 40.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taked (c) taking (d) took

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