Work through regular and irregular past simple verbs for finished actions with a clear past time.
Choose an answer for each question. You get the correct answer and a short reason straight away, then your total score at the end.
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1. Aarav ____ to the market yesterday.
Went is correct because the Past Simple of the irregular verb go is went. Yesterday signals a finished past time, so we use the past form.
2. Priya ____ her tiffin at school this morning.
Ate is correct because it is the Past Simple of eat. The action was completed earlier this morning.
3. Choose the correct negative sentence.
After did not we use the base verb, so did not play is correct. Did already carries the past meaning, so the main verb stays in its base form.
4. Fill in the blank: Last Diwali we ____ many diyas outside the house.
Lit is correct because it is the Past Simple of light. The event happened last Diwali, a finished past time.
5. Which question is correct?
Did you see is correct because after did we use the base verb see. The auxiliary did shows the past tense.
6. Identify the sentence with an error.
He teached is wrong because the Past Simple of teach is taught. Teach is irregular and does not take the -ed ending.
7. Choose the correct form: Diya ____ the shop before it started raining.
Reached is correct because reach is a regular verb and forms its Past Simple by adding -ed. The action finished in the past.
8. Fill in the blank: My father ____ the bill at the restaurant.
Paid is correct because pay is irregular and its Past Simple is paid, not payed. The spelling changes for this verb.
9. Which sentence is correct?
When did the match finish is correct because did is followed by the base verb finish. Only the auxiliary shows past tense.
10. Fill in the blank: The bus ____ ten minutes late, so we missed the meeting.
Was is correct because the bus is singular and the sentence describes a past state. Was is the Past Simple of is for singular subjects.
11. Transform to Past Simple: They cut the cake at the party.
They cut is correct because cut has the same form in the present and Past Simple. Some irregular verbs do not change at all.
12. Choose the correct sentence.
Did she go is correct because did takes the base verb go. Using went after did would double the past marking, which is wrong.
13. Fill in the blank: We ____ not know the way, so we asked a shopkeeper.
Did is correct because did not is the Past Simple negative for all subjects. The base verb know follows it.
14. Identify the error: Rohan and Diya was late for the train on Monday.
Was is the error because the subject Rohan and Diya is plural and needs were. Were is the plural Past Simple of be.
15. Choose the correct sentence about a finished past action with a clear time.
I finished my project last night is correct because a specific finished time like last night takes the Past Simple. The present perfect is not used with a stated past time.
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