Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 92 · 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.___ he drink milk two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
2. 2.We did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catching (b) catches (c) caught (d) catch
3. 3.Nisha did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drink (b) drank (c) drinks (d) drinking
4. 4.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drew (c) drawing (d) drawn
5. 5.___ my sister bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
6. 6.Zoya did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dances (b) danced (c) dance (d) dancing
7. 7.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eated (c) eating (d) ate
8. 8.Yash did not ___ on the stage in 2023. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dance (d) dances
9. 9.She ___ a letter in 2023. (a) will write (b) writes (c) wrote (d) writed
10. 10.They did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) wrote (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
11. 11.My cousins did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleans (b) cleaning (c) clean (d) cleaned
12. 12.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) speaked
13. 13.___ we wash the dishes last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
14. 14.We did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) brought (d) bring
15. 15.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
16. 16.You ___ science last week. (a) will study (b) have studied (c) study (d) studied
17. 17.My brother ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) rode (b) rides (c) rided (d) will ride
18. 18.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) brought (b) bringing (c) bringed
19. 19.Rohan did not ___ to school in 2023. (a) going (b) goes (c) went (d) go
20. 20.Myra did not ___ for the team yesterday. (a) clapped (b) claps (c) clap (d) clapping
21. 21.Ananya ___ the train last Sunday. (a) takes (b) taked (c) took (d) will take
22. 22.We ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) have carried (c) will carry (d) carry
23. 23.___ you dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
24. 24.You ___ lunch in 2023. (a) will bring (b) bringed (c) brought (d) bring
25. 25.They ___ milk in 2023. (a) drink (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drank
26. 26.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) won (c) winning
27. 27.___ I wear a cap last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
28. 28.She did not ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch (d) watched
29. 29.___ Ishaan sing a song in 2023? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
30. 30.___ he buy vegetables in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
31. 31.They did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drawing (d) drew
32. 32.I did not ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) helped (b) helping (c) helps (d) help
33. 33.Farhan did not ___ a cap yesterday. (a) wear (b) wore (c) wears (d) wearing
34. 34.We ___ rice two days ago. (a) will cook (b) have cooked (c) cooked (d) cook
35. 35.We did not ___ the train last week. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes (d) took
36. 36.___ my brother bake a cake last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
37. 37.___ we tell a story last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
38. 38.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimming (b) swimmed (c) swum (d) swam
39. 39.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinked (d) drinking
40. 40.___ Rohan run in the park last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was

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