Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 948 · 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.We ___ a picture yesterday. (a) will draw (b) drawed (c) drew (d) draw
2. 2.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinked (b) drinking (c) drunk (d) drank
3. 3.My cousins ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) wash (b) will wash (c) have washed (d) washed
4. 4.She did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carried (b) carries (c) carrying (d) carry
5. 5.___ you cook rice last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
6. 6.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) fed (c) feeding
7. 7.___ Kabir eat a mango yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
8. 8.___ Karan swim in the pool yesterday? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
9. 9.The students ___ the match two days ago. (a) will win (b) win (c) winned (d) won
10. 10.___ he catch the ball in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
11. 11.They did not ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throws (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throw
12. 12.We ___ a song yesterday. (a) sing (b) have sung (c) will sing (d) sang
13. 13.He ___ to school two days ago. (a) went (b) will go (c) goes (d) goed
14. 14.___ Kabir win the match yesterday? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
15. 15.They did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sends (b) sending (c) send (d) sent
16. 16.___ Dev draw a picture in 2023? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
17. 17.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwing (c) throwed (d) threw
18. 18.Zoya did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) running (b) run (c) ran (d) runs
19. 19.Omkar did not ___ the dishes two days ago. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washing (d) washes
20. 20.My brother did not ___ a tree in 2023. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climb (d) climbed
21. 21.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
22. 22.Vivaan did not ___ a story in 2023. (a) tell (b) told (c) tells (d) telling
23. 23.We ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) spoke (b) speaked (c) will speak (d) speak
24. 24.He did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swimming (b) swam (c) swims (d) swim
25. 25.We ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbed (b) will climb (c) have climbed (d) climb
26. 26.You ___ a message two days ago. (a) send (b) sended (c) sent (d) will send
27. 27.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speaking (d) speaked
28. 28.You ___ the ball last week. (a) will throw (b) threw (c) throw (d) throwed
29. 29.We did not ___ cricket yesterday. (a) played (b) playing (c) plays (d) play
30. 30.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) ran (c) runned (d) run
31. 31.___ she wash the dishes two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
32. 32.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) took (b) taked (c) taken (d) taking
33. 33.___ Rahul write a letter last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
34. 34.You ___ in the park two days ago. (a) runned (b) will run (c) ran (d) run
35. 35.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawed (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drew
36. 36.You ___ a letter yesterday. (a) write (b) will write (c) writed (d) wrote
37. 37.Ananya ___ a cake yesterday. (a) bakes (b) will bake (c) has baked (d) baked
38. 38.You ___ a picture two days ago. (a) will draw (b) drew (c) draw (d) drawed
39. 39.My parents ___ the ball last week. (a) will catch (b) caught (c) catch (d) catched
40. 40.___ Farhan win the match in 2023? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did

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