Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 888 · 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.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
2. 2.___ my sister wear a cap two days ago? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
3. 3.He did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbs (b) climbed (c) climb (d) climbing
4. 4.I did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) catching (b) caught (c) catch (d) catches
5. 5.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swam
6. 6.She did not ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeds (d) feed
7. 7.___ Pooja win the match in 2023? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Was (d) Does
8. 8.Kavya did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) making (c) made (d) make
9. 9.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) maked (c) making
10. 10.I ___ the bag yesterday. (a) will carry (b) carried (c) carry (d) have carried
11. 11.___ Omkar ride a bicycle last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
12. 12.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) goed (c) went (d) gone
13. 13.He did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinks (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drink
14. 14.We ___ the ball two days ago. (a) caught (b) catched (c) catch (d) will catch
15. 15.I did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) baked (b) bake (c) bakes (d) baking
16. 16.She ___ lunch yesterday. (a) will bring (b) brought (c) bringed (d) brings
17. 17.My sister did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throw (b) threw (c) throws (d) throwing
18. 18.You did not ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) play (c) played (d) playing
19. 19.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
20. 20.We ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) will ride (b) rided (c) ride (d) rode
21. 21.He did not ___ a song last Sunday. (a) sang (b) singing (c) sing (d) sings
22. 22.___ you send a message last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
23. 23.___ my friends draw a picture two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
24. 24.She ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) builded (b) builds (c) will build (d) built
25. 25.___ you sing a song last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
26. 26.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
27. 27.I ___ the ball two days ago. (a) threw (b) throwed (c) will throw (d) throw
28. 28.She ___ science yesterday. (a) studied (b) will study (c) has studied (d) studies
29. 29.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
30. 30.___ he draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
31. 31.___ Neel clean the room last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
32. 32.She did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbing
33. 33.We ___ a story in 2023. (a) telled (b) told (c) will tell (d) tell
34. 34.___ they build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
35. 35.They ___ on the stage last week. (a) will dance (b) dance (c) danced (d) have danced
36. 36.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eated (c) eaten (d) eating
37. 37.They did not ___ the train two days ago. (a) takes (b) taking (c) took (d) take
38. 38.They did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogging (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) jog
39. 39.We ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draw (b) drawed (c) drew (d) will draw
40. 40.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling

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