Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 911 · 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 did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) drew (b) drawing (c) draws (d) draw
2. 2.They ___ in the park last week. (a) will jog (b) jogged (c) have jogged (d) jog
3. 3.You ___ the train two days ago. (a) will take (b) took (c) taked (d) take
4. 4.Diya did not ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speaks (d) speak
5. 5.He did not ___ a cap two days ago. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wore (d) wearing
6. 6.You ___ a letter two days ago. (a) write (b) writed (c) wrote (d) will write
7. 7.She ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rided (b) rides (c) rode (d) will ride
8. 8.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catching (c) catched
9. 9.___ she play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
10. 10.___ we tell a story last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
11. 11.___ they draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
12. 12.He did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) playing (b) played (c) play (d) plays
13. 13.My sister did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinking (b) drink (c) drank (d) drinks
14. 14.___ my brother climb a tree last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
15. 15.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) run (b) ran (c) running (d) runned
16. 16.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
17. 17.We ___ a song last week. (a) sang (b) will sing (c) sing (d) have sung
18. 18.We ___ a mango yesterday. (a) eat (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eated
19. 19.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swum (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swimmed
20. 20.They did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) feeding (d) feed
21. 21.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) made (b) making (c) maked
22. 22.___ we cook rice in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
24. 24.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wore (d) wearing
25. 25.You ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaned (b) will clean (c) clean (d) have cleaned
26. 26.Diya ___ on the stage two days ago. (a) dances (b) has danced (c) danced (d) will dance
27. 27.He ___ vegetables in 2023. (a) buyed (b) bought (c) will buy (d) buys
28. 28.Tara ___ in the park two days ago. (a) will run (b) ran (c) runned (d) runs
29. 29.He ___ the dog in 2023. (a) fed (b) feeds (c) will feed (d) feeded
30. 30.My sister ___ a story last week. (a) told (b) tells (c) telled (d) will tell
31. 31.She ___ a song last Sunday. (a) has sung (b) sang (c) will sing (d) sings
32. 32.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throwed
33. 33.Farhan did not ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flies (b) flew (c) flying (d) fly
34. 34.I ___ the train last week. (a) will take (b) took (c) take (d) taked
35. 35.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawn
36. 36.He did not ___ rice yesterday. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cooks
37. 37.My cousins ___ rice last week. (a) cook (b) will cook (c) have cooked (d) cooked
38. 38.___ I cook rice yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.My sister ___ the train yesterday. (a) takes (b) taked (c) will take (d) took
40. 40.You ___ a story last Sunday. (a) tell (b) will tell (c) telled (d) told

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