Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 879 · 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.She ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaks (b) speaked (c) will speak (d) spoke
2. 2.___ she study science last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
3. 3.He ___ the match last Sunday. (a) won (b) wins (c) winned (d) will win
4. 4.I did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eat (b) ate (c) eating (d) eats
5. 5.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) written (c) writing (d) wrote
6. 6.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
7. 7.They ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) will carry (c) carried (d) have carried
8. 8.Karan ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) threw (b) throwed (c) throws (d) will throw
9. 9.We ___ science in 2023. (a) study (b) will study (c) have studied (d) studied
10. 10.___ the children catch the ball last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
11. 11.My sister ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flies (b) will fly (c) flyed (d) flew
12. 12.___ Rohan dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
13. 13.I did not ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) ride (b) rode (c) riding (d) rides
14. 14.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) throwing (c) thrown (d) threw
15. 15.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
16. 16.___ I go to school last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
17. 17.___ my parents bake a cake two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
18. 18.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sended (c) sent
19. 19.You ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wear
20. 20.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) running (c) ran (d) runned
21. 21.___ you go to school last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
22. 22.We did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throws
23. 23.We ___ a picture last week. (a) will draw (b) draw (c) drew (d) drawed
24. 24.I ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drew (b) draw (c) will draw (d) drawed
25. 25.We did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dances
26. 26.My sister did not ___ in the park last week. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jog (d) jogs
27. 27.I did not ___ a message last week. (a) sends (b) send (c) sending (d) sent
28. 28.They ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swim (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) will swim
29. 29.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) bringed (c) brought
30. 30.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) going (c) gone (d) goed
31. 31.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) building (b) built (c) builded
32. 32.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) ate (d) eating
33. 33.She ___ vegetables yesterday. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buyed (d) will buy
34. 34.___ Priya play cricket yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
35. 35.He did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) wrote (c) writes (d) writing
36. 36.She ___ the dishes last week. (a) has washed (b) washes (c) will wash (d) washed
37. 37.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) spoken (d) speaking
38. 38.Tara did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) run (b) running (c) runs (d) ran
39. 39.She ___ a kite last week. (a) will fly (b) flies (c) flyed (d) flew
40. 40.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) weared (c) worn (d) wearing

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