Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 958 · 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.I did not ___ a message yesterday. (a) sending (b) send (c) sends (d) sent
2. 2.___ Sneha bring lunch last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
3. 3.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) wearing (c) worn (d) weared
4. 4.___ my sister go to school last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
5. 5.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rode (b) riding (c) rided (d) ridden
6. 6.I did not ___ the match two days ago. (a) wins (b) won (c) winning (d) win
7. 7.They did not ___ a story last Sunday. (a) told (b) telling (c) tell (d) tells
8. 8.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
9. 9.___ I study science last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
10. 10.The students ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) have watched (b) watch (c) will watch (d) watched
11. 11.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sended (c) sending
12. 12.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
13. 13.My brother did not ___ on the stage yesterday. (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dances (d) dance
14. 14.___ you feed the dog last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
15. 15.My sister ___ a picture last Sunday. (a) drew (b) drawed (c) will draw (d) draws
16. 16.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwed (b) thrown (c) throwing (d) threw
17. 17.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinked
18. 18.___ they buy vegetables yesterday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
19. 19.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writed (d) wrote
20. 20.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) won (c) winned
21. 21.They ___ for the team two days ago. (a) will clap (b) clap (c) clapped (d) have clapped
22. 22.You ___ to school last week. (a) went (b) will go (c) goed (d) go
23. 23.You ___ a message two days ago. (a) sended (b) will send (c) send (d) sent
24. 24.___ Arjun study science yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
25. 25.She ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) will buy (b) buys (c) buyed (d) bought
26. 26.I ___ lunch yesterday. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) bring
27. 27.Rahul ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) throwed (b) will throw (c) throws (d) threw
28. 28.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) goed (b) going (c) gone (d) went
29. 29.You ___ in the pool last week. (a) swam (b) swim (c) will swim (d) swimmed
30. 30.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) spoke
31. 31.___ she help Grandma in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
32. 32.They ___ the dog yesterday. (a) fed (b) feed (c) feeded (d) will feed
33. 33.They did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) dance (c) dances (d) dancing
34. 34.He ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) will speak (b) speaks (c) spoke (d) speaked
35. 35.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) took (d) taked
36. 36.My friends did not ___ milk two days ago. (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drink (d) drinks
37. 37.___ my brother jog in the park last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
38. 38.I did not ___ the train last Sunday. (a) takes (b) taking (c) took (d) take
39. 39.My sister did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washes (b) wash (c) washed (d) washing
40. 40.We ___ in the pool last week. (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swim (d) will swim

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