Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 967 · 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.They did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speaking (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaks
2. 2.My sister ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watches (b) will watch (c) watched (d) has watched
3. 3.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawn (c) drawing (d) drawed
4. 4.___ you bake a cake yesterday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
5. 5.My brother ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) watches (b) watched (c) will watch (d) has watched
6. 6.___ my sister clap for the team last week? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
7. 7.___ Rohan climb a tree in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
8. 8.My sister ___ vegetables last week. (a) buys (b) buyed (c) will buy (d) bought
9. 9.He did not ___ in the park two days ago. (a) jogs (b) jog (c) jogged (d) jogging
10. 10.My brother did not ___ cricket last week. (a) playing (b) plays (c) play (d) played
11. 11.He ___ a kite yesterday. (a) flew (b) flies (c) will fly (d) flyed
12. 12.Dev did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cooking (d) cook
13. 13.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) writing (d) written
14. 14.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) telling (c) told
15. 15.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winned (b) winning (c) won
16. 16.My brother did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) buys (c) buy (d) bought
17. 17.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
18. 18.They ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bake (b) baked (c) will bake (d) have baked
19. 19.My brother ___ the dishes yesterday. (a) washes (b) will wash (c) washed (d) has washed
20. 20.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwing (d) throwed
21. 21.___ Karan catch the ball in 2023? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
22. 22.She did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) told
23. 23.My brother ___ Grandma yesterday. (a) helps (b) helped (c) will help (d) has helped
24. 24.___ Tara send a message last week? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
25. 25.Ira did not ___ in the pool in 2023. (a) swim (b) swam (c) swimming (d) swims
26. 26.___ she plant a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
27. 27.___ she build a sandcastle last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eaten (b) eating (c) eated (d) ate
29. 29.___ you swim in the pool last week? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
30. 30.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swum (c) swimming (d) swam
31. 31.They ___ a song last week. (a) will sing (b) sing (c) have sung (d) sang
32. 32.___ she swim in the pool two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
33. 33.My friends ___ a bicycle last week. (a) ride (b) rode (c) rided (d) will ride
34. 34.___ she clap for the team last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
35. 35.Myra did not ___ the dishes last week. (a) washed (b) washing (c) wash (d) washes
36. 36.Aarav ___ rice in 2023. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) cooked
37. 37.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sending (b) sent (c) sended
38. 38.You ___ to school two days ago. (a) went (b) go (c) goed (d) will go
39. 39.She ___ the train last Sunday. (a) took (b) will take (c) takes (d) taked
40. 40.We did not ___ the room yesterday. (a) cleaning (b) cleaned (c) clean (d) cleans

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