Simple Past Tense Quiz

The simple past tense is used to describe actions that happened in the past and have already finished. The simple past tense of "visit" is "visited." The sentence describes an action that happened last month and has already finished, so the appropriate tense is the simple past tense.

• The correct form is "went" because the sentence refers to an action that took place in the past ("last month"). "Went" is the past tense of "go." The sentence would be: "I went to Sophia's school last month." The other options are incorrect because they do not match the past tense required in this context.

The sentence is talking about an action that happened in the past—specifically, yesterday. When expressing actions in the past, we use past tense verbs. In this case, the action is "repairing," and the past tense of "repair" is "repaired." Therefore, the correct form to complete the sentence is "My father repaired my bicycle yesterday." The word "repaired" indicates that the action is completed and happened in the past.

In the sentence "My mother bought these clothes last week," the verb "bought" is past tense, indicating the completion of the clothes' purchase in the past. "Last week" provides the timeframe. Using "bought" instead of "buy" is grammatically correct for expressing a past action, making the sentence coherent and temporally accurate.

The verb "play" needs to be in the past tense to indicate that the action occurred yesterday. In English, the past tense form of "play" is "played." Therefore, the correct sentence is "Jane and Marrie played Snakes and Ladders at Nana's house yesterday." This ensures grammatical accuracy and effectively conveys the timing of the activity in the past.

The correct answer is "told." In this sentence, the action of telling a story occurred in the past, specifically "last week." The verb "tell" must therefore be conjugated into its simple past form to align with this past-time reference. The simple past tense is used to describe actions that were completed at a definite time in the past, and it does not matter whether the precise time is mentioned or not.

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  The correct answer is "gave," which is the simple past tense form of the verb "give." The sentence refers to an event that occurred in the past, specifically two days ago. To indicate this past action, we use the past tense form of "give," which is "gave." The other options are incorrect because they do not match the required past tense: "give" is the base form, "gives" is present tense, and "giving" is present continuous, neither of which correctly convey the idea of a past event.

  
  

The correct answer is "had." This sentence describes an action that was completed in the past, specifically "yesterday." Therefore, the verb "have" must be converted into its simple past form, "had," to reflect the past action correctly. The simple past tense "had" is essential here to indicate that the event—the flag ceremony—occurred and was completed on the previous day.

The correct answer is "was." In this context, the sentence is structured to communicate a state or condition (being busy) that was true at a specific time in the past (yesterday). The verb "be" must accordingly be conjugated into "was" for singular subjects in the past tense. "Was" is the past form of "is" (present tense), suitable for first and third-person singular subjects like "My father" in this instance.