Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 921 · 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 “feed”? (a) fed (b) feeding (c) feeded
2. 2.He did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watched (d) watch
3. 3.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) bringing (c) brought
4. 4.You ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwed (b) will throw (c) threw (d) throw
5. 5.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) ridden (c) rode (d) rided
6. 6.My brother did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooked (b) cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
7. 7.We did not ___ the match in 2023. (a) winning (b) win (c) won (d) wins
8. 8.My brother ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) will swim (b) swims (c) swimmed (d) swam
9. 9.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoke (b) spoken (c) speaking (d) speaked
10. 10.Rahul did not ___ rice two days ago. (a) cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooked
11. 11.I ___ a song last week. (a) have sung (b) sang (c) sing (d) will sing
12. 12.He ___ a kite last week. (a) flyed (b) flew (c) will fly (d) flies
13. 13.My parents did not ___ a story yesterday. (a) told (b) tells (c) telling (d) tell
14. 14.You ___ a cap last Sunday. (a) wore (b) weared (c) wear (d) will wear
15. 15.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
16. 16.They did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) cleans (d) clean
17. 17.My brother did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaned (b) clean (c) cleans (d) cleaning
18. 18.___ I cook rice two days ago? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
19. 19.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wore (d) wearing
20. 20.She did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swims (c) swimming (d) swim
21. 21.The children did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) baked (c) baking (d) bakes
22. 22.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taken (d) taked
23. 23.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) written (d) writed
24. 24.My cousins did not ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drawing (b) draws (c) drew (d) draw
25. 25.___ he bring lunch last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
26. 26.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawn
27. 27.He did not ___ cricket last week. (a) plays (b) playing (c) played (d) play
28. 28.She ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) will dance (b) dances (c) has danced (d) danced
29. 29.___ my brother clean the room in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
30. 30.They ___ a cap last week. (a) weared (b) wore (c) will wear (d) wear
31. 31.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
32. 32.She ___ in the park last week. (a) has jogged (b) jogged (c) jogs (d) will jog
33. 33.My friends ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) help (b) have helped (c) will help (d) helped
34. 34.Karan did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) climbed (d) climbing
35. 35.___ he feed the dog yesterday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
36. 36.___ they take the train last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
37. 37.She ___ a story last week. (a) will tell (b) told (c) telled (d) tells
38. 38.___ they catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
39. 39.You did not ___ science last week. (a) studied (b) studying (c) study (d) studies
40. 40.They ___ tea last Sunday. (a) made (b) maked (c) make (d) will make

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