The simple past tense is used to describe actions that happened and were completed at a specific time in the past. It is commonly used with time expressions like yesterday, last week, in 2020, or two days ago. Regular verbs in the simple past tense typically end in -ed (e.g., walk → walked), while irregular verbs have special past forms (e.g., go → went).
Examples:
- She visited her grandmother last weekend.
- They played football after school.
- He wrote a letter to his friend.
- I went to the market yesterday.
Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense form of the verb in brackets:
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Question of
She ______ a movie last night.
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was watch
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watched
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watches
Correct Wrong
"Watches" has "s", so it cannot be correct. Past tenses do not have s with a verb.
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Question of
They ______ to the zoo on Sunday.
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goed
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wented
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went
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gone
Correct Wrong
"Gone" is the third for of the verb. It does not come without "have / has / had."
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Question of
I ______ an interesting book yesterday.
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red
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read
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were read
Correct Wrong
The past form of read is "read" but it is pronounced "/red/."
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We ______ dinner at a nice restaurant.
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had
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have
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have had
Correct Wrong
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He ______ to class last week.
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not came
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did not come
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did not came
Correct Wrong
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Question of
The baby ______ loudly.
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was cry
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was cried
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cried
Correct Wrong
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Question of
My friends ______ late to the party.
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were arrived
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arrived
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was arrived
Correct Wrong
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Question of
John ______ a cake for his sister.
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maked
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made
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makes
Correct Wrong
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Question of
The students ______ the test carefully.
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were write
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were wrote
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wrote
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written
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I ______ a rainbow after the rain.
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sees
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saw
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so
Correct Wrong
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