Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 996 · 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 dance on the stage last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
2. 2.My friends ___ the ball in 2023. (a) throwed (b) throw (c) threw (d) will throw
3. 3.Kunal ___ a cake in 2023. (a) bakes (b) will bake (c) baked (d) has baked
4. 4.___ Aarav fly a kite last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
5. 5.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catching (b) catched (c) caught
6. 6.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
7. 7.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flew (b) flying (c) flown (d) flyed
8. 8.He ___ in the park in 2023. (a) will jog (b) has jogged (c) jogs (d) jogged
9. 9.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) going (b) gone (c) went (d) goed
10. 10.Isha did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) goes (b) went (c) going (d) go
11. 11.Omkar did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runs (b) run (c) running (d) ran
12. 12.___ you take the train two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Do (d) Was
13. 13.I ___ a tree yesterday. (a) will plant (b) have planted (c) plant (d) planted
14. 14.___ my sister plant a tree two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
15. 15.You ___ lunch two days ago. (a) bring (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) brought
16. 16.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sending (c) sent
17. 17.She ___ in the pool yesterday. (a) will swim (b) swam (c) swimmed (d) swims
18. 18.I did not ___ rice last Sunday. (a) cook (b) cooking (c) cooked (d) cooks
19. 19.___ you speak Hindi yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
20. 20.___ my friends throw the ball last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
21. 21.They ___ the dishes last Sunday. (a) wash (b) will wash (c) washed (d) have washed
22. 22.___ Vivaan eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
23. 23.We did not ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) planting (d) plants
24. 24.___ the students bake a cake last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
25. 25.He did not ___ a mango last Sunday. (a) eat (b) eating (c) ate (d) eats
26. 26.___ my brother study science last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
27. 27.You ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) speak (b) speaked (c) will speak (d) spoke
28. 28.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eaten (c) eating (d) ate
29. 29.___ I build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
30. 30.Zoya ___ a cartoon two days ago. (a) will watch (b) watches (c) has watched (d) watched
31. 31.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) rided (b) rode (c) riding (d) ridden
32. 32.They ___ the bag two days ago. (a) will carry (b) have carried (c) carry (d) carried
33. 33.___ you cook rice yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
34. 34.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaking (b) spoken (c) speaked (d) spoke
35. 35.___ he take the train two days ago? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
36. 36.They ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carried (b) will carry (c) carry (d) have carried
37. 37.You did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) bringing (b) bring (c) brings (d) brought
38. 38.___ my cousins watch a cartoon last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
39. 39.___ they send a message in 2023? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
40. 40.I did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flying (b) flew (c) flies (d) fly

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