Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 939 · 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.___ Vivaan carry the bag last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
2. 2.Kavya did not ___ the dog last Sunday. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) fed (d) feed
3. 3.He ___ the train two days ago. (a) took (b) taked (c) will take (d) takes
4. 4.My brother ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) will send (c) sent (d) sended
5. 5.We did not ___ a cake last Sunday. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baked (d) baking
6. 6.My cousins did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flies (b) flying (c) flew (d) fly
7. 7.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drank
8. 8.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) swimming (d) swum
9. 9.Riya did not ___ a picture two days ago. (a) draws (b) drew (c) draw (d) drawing
10. 10.___ he clean the room last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
11. 11.___ he send a message yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
12. 12.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) riding (c) rode (d) ridden
13. 13.My brother ___ a kite last Sunday. (a) flyed (b) flies (c) will fly (d) flew
14. 14.She ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watches (b) watched (c) will watch (d) has watched
15. 15.You ___ a picture two days ago. (a) drew (b) draw (c) drawed (d) will draw
16. 16.You ___ a tree in 2023. (a) have planted (b) plant (c) planted (d) will plant
17. 17.My sister ___ a bicycle in 2023. (a) rides (b) rode (c) will ride (d) rided
18. 18.She did not ___ the room last week. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) cleaning (d) clean
19. 19.You ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) have played (c) will play (d) played
20. 20.___ you catch the ball two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
21. 21.___ you ride a bicycle yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
22. 22.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) weared (b) worn (c) wearing (d) wore
23. 23.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
24. 24.___ my friends eat a mango last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
25. 25.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) caught (c) catched
26. 26.___ Neel wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
27. 27.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
28. 28.I ___ the bag two days ago. (a) carry (b) have carried (c) will carry (d) carried
29. 29.She ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dances (b) has danced (c) will dance (d) danced
30. 30.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) ran (c) run (d) running
31. 31.My brother did not ___ a mango last week. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eats (d) eat
32. 32.___ she carry the bag in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
33. 33.___ my sister catch the ball last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
34. 34.They did not ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch (d) watching
35. 35.Riya ___ science last Sunday. (a) has studied (b) studied (c) studies (d) will study
36. 36.___ he play cricket yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
37. 37.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) builded (b) building (c) built
38. 38.My brother did not ___ to school yesterday. (a) went (b) going (c) go (d) goes
39. 39.My parents did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rode (b) rides (c) ride (d) riding
40. 40.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) eated (d) ate

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