Exercise 1: Simple Past Tense

The simple past tense is used to talk about an action that happened at a specific time in the past. It is used to describe completed actions in the past and is formed by adding -ed to regular verbs or using the past form of irregular verbs. Therefore, the statement "We use the simple past tense to express an action at a specific time in the past" is true.

The correct answer is "Bought." This is the past tense form of the verb "buy," which is used to indicate that the action of purchasing candies occurred in the past.

The correct answer is "Visited." In this sentence, the verb "visited" is in the past tense, indicating that the action of going to the museum occurred in the past. The word "last month" further supports this, suggesting that the visit happened in a specific month prior to the present time. Therefore, "visited" is the appropriate verb form to use in this context.

The word "went" is the correct answer because it is the past tense form of the verb "go". In the given sentence, the word "yesterday" indicates that the action of going to the cinema happened in the past. Therefore, "went" is the appropriate verb to use in this context.

The statement "It was bright and sunny yesterday morning" indicates that the weather conditions were clear and sunny during the morning of the previous day. Since the statement is affirmative and matches the given information, the correct answer is "True."

The statement "The wind blew hard last night" implies that there was a strong wind during the previous night. Since the question asks for the correctness of this statement, the answer "True" indicates that the statement is accurate and there was indeed a strong wind.

The correct answer is "Woke up." This is the past tense form of the verb "wake up," which means to stop sleeping and become conscious. In the given sentence, it indicates that she stopped sleeping late this morning.

The correct answer is "spoke" because it is the past tense form of the verb "speak." In the sentence, the action of speaking to the speaker's father happened in the past, indicating a completed action. Therefore, "spoke" is the appropriate verb form to use in this context.

The correct answer is "Comb". In this sentence, the subject "you" is the one performing the action of combing the hair. Therefore, the verb should be in the base form "comb".

Amel was not seen at school yesterday. "See" is the correct answer because it is the past tense form of the verb "see". The sentence is in the past tense, so the correct verb form should also be in the past tense. "Saw", "Seed", and "Sawed" are not the correct past tense forms of "see".

The correct answer is "bought" because it is the past tense form of the verb "buy." In the given sentence, the subject "they" is performing the action of buying bananas in the market. Since the sentence is in the past tense, the verb needs to be in its past tense form, which is "bought."

Salman broke a ruler last Friday.

The correct answer is "lived" because it is the past tense form of the verb "live." The sentence is referring to an action that happened in the past, so "lived" is the appropriate choice.

The given question is asking whether "they" went to school this morning. The correct answer is "False" because the question is grammatically incorrect. The correct form should be "Did they go to school this morning?" The verb "go" should be used instead of "went" in the question. Therefore, the correct answer is "False" because the question itself is incorrect.

The correct answer is "Eat" because it is the past tense form of the verb "to eat." In the question, it is asking if the subject "they" ate the ice cream yesterday, indicating a past action. "Ate" is the correct past tense form of "eat," while the other options "Eated" and "Ated" are not valid verb forms in standard English.

The given statement is "Intan didn't boil the water." The correct answer is "False." This means that the statement is not true, and Intan did boil the water.

The correct answer is "Went" because it is the past tense of the verb "to go" and matches the past tense of the sentence.

The correct answer is "Were" because the subject of the sentence is plural ("We"), so the verb should also be in the plural form. "Were" is the past tense plural form of the verb "to be," which matches with the subject "We."

The correct answer is "Ended". This is because the verb "end" is in the past tense, and the subject of the sentence is singular (It). Therefore, the correct form of the verb is "ended".

The correct answer is "go" because the sentence is in the past tense and refers to an action that did not happen. Therefore, the verb "go" needs to be in the base form without any tense markers.