Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 895 · 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 ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) will go (c) goed (d) go
2. 2.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
3. 3.___ my brother wear a cap last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.___ I draw a picture yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
5. 5.___ he go to school two days ago? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Do (d) Does
6. 6.We ___ cricket two days ago. (a) play (b) will play (c) have played (d) played
7. 7.I did not ___ in the park yesterday. (a) running (b) runs (c) ran (d) run
8. 8.___ she clean the room last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
9. 9.You did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) plants (b) planted (c) planting (d) plant
10. 10.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
11. 11.___ Rahul buy vegetables last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
12. 12.My friends ___ the bag two days ago. (a) will carry (b) carry (c) have carried (d) carried
13. 13.___ Saanvi watch a cartoon in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
14. 14.You ___ in the park last week. (a) jog (b) will jog (c) have jogged (d) jogged
15. 15.My friends ___ science last Sunday. (a) will study (b) study (c) have studied (d) studied
16. 16.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
17. 17.He did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draws (b) drew (c) draw (d) drawing
18. 18.My brother did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) drew (d) draw
19. 19.My brother did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooks (b) cooking (c) cook (d) cooked
20. 20.We did not ___ a sandcastle two days ago. (a) builds (b) build (c) built (d) building
21. 21.Farhan did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) went (b) going (c) goes (d) go
22. 22.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
23. 23.You did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) writing (c) writes (d) wrote
24. 24.Tara ___ a song last week. (a) has sung (b) will sing (c) sings (d) sang
25. 25.Myra did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) playing (d) play
26. 26.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) ridden (b) rided (c) rode (d) riding
27. 27.He ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaks (b) will speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
28. 28.My friends ___ a sandcastle last Sunday. (a) will build (b) builded (c) build (d) built
29. 29.___ she jog in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
30. 30.My sister ___ vegetables last week. (a) bought (b) buys (c) buyed (d) will buy
31. 31.They did not ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) builds (b) build (c) built (d) building
32. 32.He ___ a cap last week. (a) weared (b) wears (c) wore (d) will wear
33. 33.You did not ___ for the team two days ago. (a) clap (b) clapped (c) claps (d) clapping
34. 34.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) written (d) writed
35. 35.We ___ the match in 2023. (a) winned (b) will win (c) win (d) won
36. 36.My cousins ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) have watched (b) watched (c) will watch (d) watch
37. 37.I did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) go (b) going (c) went (d) goes
38. 38.Omkar ___ tea last week. (a) made (b) maked (c) makes (d) will make
39. 39.He ___ to school yesterday. (a) goed (b) will go (c) went (d) goes
40. 40.Vivaan did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeding (b) feeds (c) fed (d) feed

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