Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 878 · 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.___ you draw a picture last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
2. 2.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaked
3. 3.Ananya ___ on the stage last week. (a) danced (b) dances (c) has danced (d) will dance
4. 4.My cousins ___ a mango last week. (a) ate (b) will eat (c) eated (d) eat
5. 5.Meera ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) has danced (b) dances (c) will dance (d) danced
6. 6.Dev ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) will ride (b) rides (c) rided (d) rode
7. 7.The students ___ the bag last week. (a) will carry (b) carry (c) carried (d) have carried
8. 8.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drinked (d) drank
9. 9.My brother did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) cooking (c) cooks (d) cook
10. 10.You did not ___ the bag in 2023. (a) carry (b) carrying (c) carries (d) carried
11. 11.___ we send a message last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
12. 12.He did not ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) washed (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
13. 13.You did not ___ a letter two days ago. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writes
14. 14.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
15. 15.Aarav ___ tea last Sunday. (a) made (b) will make (c) makes (d) maked
16. 16.Manav ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaked (b) spoke (c) will speak (d) speaks
17. 17.___ the children catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
18. 18.My brother ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) planted (b) plants (c) will plant (d) has planted
19. 19.She did not ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeds (b) feed (c) fed (d) feeding
20. 20.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) ran (d) runned
21. 21.___ I carry the bag two days ago? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
22. 22.We ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buyed (b) will buy (c) bought (d) buy
23. 23.My sister ___ rice yesterday. (a) will cook (b) cooks (c) cooked (d) has cooked
24. 24.We ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) buy (d) will buy
25. 25.You did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sing (d) sings
26. 26.You ___ a letter last week. (a) writed (b) write (c) will write (d) wrote
27. 27.___ my cousins go to school last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
28. 28.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
29. 29.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) ate (c) eated (d) eating
30. 30.We ___ the room last week. (a) clean (b) have cleaned (c) cleaned (d) will clean
31. 31.Aarav did not ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brings
32. 32.I did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runs
33. 33.Dev did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) speaks
34. 34.Diya did not ___ a song yesterday. (a) singing (b) sang (c) sings (d) sing
35. 35.___ the students carry the bag two days ago? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
36. 36.___ you clap for the team two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
37. 37.___ they buy vegetables two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
38. 38.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawed (d) drawing
39. 39.He ___ a tree in 2023. (a) has climbed (b) will climb (c) climbed (d) climbs
40. 40.___ we go to school in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was

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