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"The MP stayed in the luxury hotel." - This sentence is in the simple past tense.
Grammar 08 - Tenses - Simple Past
In this High English quiz we look at another tense form – the simple past tense. The use of the simple past tense denotes an event, action or situation that is completed in the past. The way to denote is to use verbs, either regular or irregular, in their past tense. There are three ways to form the simple past tense, depending on the verb. The verb BE has for its simple past WAS and WERE. Here are some examples:
'I WAS there yesterday.'
'You WERE there yesterday.'
‘She WAS there yesterday.’
‘They WERE there yesterday.’
The second way to form the simple past tense is to look at the simple past forms of regular verbs. We know that simple past form of regular verbs can be formed by simply adding ‘d’ or ‘ed’ to the verb or removing a letter and adding ‘ied.’ For instance:
1.
"I did not know Mustaq had migrated to the UAE."
Choose the tenses of this sentence.
Choose the tenses of this sentence.
Past perfect and present perfect.
Past perfect and past perfect.
Simple past and simple past.
Simple past and past perfect.
The sentence has two tenses - simple past tense and past perfect. When there are two actions in a sentence, the action that takes place earlier than the second action shall be in past perfect and the later action shall be in simple past. In the sentence, the action of Mustaq migrating has occurred first and hence that part of the sentence is in past perfect tense. The action of 'I' not knowing this act comes second and hence this part of the sentence is in simple past
2.
Choose the sentence with the past perfect form.
I received your letter yesterday.
I had received your letter yesterday.
I have received your letter yesterday.
I have not received your letter yesterday.
The past perfect form is written by using 'had' before the past participle of the verb (receive). This tense is used to denote an action or event which has been completed before some point of time. Option 1 is in the simple past tense. Option 3 is in the present perfect tense. Can you identify the tense in Option 4?
3.
Choose the sentence with the past perfect and the simple past forms.
The patient had died before the ambulance reached the hospital.
She had got married by the time she started working.
The could not open the locker because they had mislaid the keys.
All of the above sentences have both the simple past and the past perfect tenses.
All the three sentences have two actions and possess both the past perfect and the simple past tenses
4.
"Gandhiji always spoke the truth."
Choose the tense of this sentence from the following.
Choose the tense of this sentence from the following.
Simple past tense.
Past perfect tense.
Present perfect tense.
Present continuous tense.
The simple past tense is used to express regular or habitual action in the past
5.
"The Member of Parliament stayed in the Windsor Manor Hotel for two months."
Choose the tense of this sentence from the following.
Choose the tense of this sentence from the following.
Present perfect tense.
Past perfect tense.
Simple past tense.
Present continuous tense.
The simple past tense is used to express an action which covered a time period in the past, but is now ended
6.
Choose the sentence with the simple past form.
Is Arpana and Trupti in the same school?
Are Arpana and Trupti in the same school?
Was Arpana and Trupti in the same school?
Were Arpana and Trupti in the same school?
Remember the past participle of 'to be' is 'were' or 'was.' Since the subject is plural we use 'were.' The sentence is an interrogative sentence. Option 1 is the simple present form but with the wrong form of the verb. Option 2 is the simple present form. Option 3 is the wrong usage of the variation of the verb 'to be'. Recall all your previous English lessons
7.
"If she had worked hard she would have passed."
Choose the tense of this sentence from the following.
Choose the tense of this sentence from the following.
Present continuous tense.
Present perfect tense.
Simple past tense.
Past perfect tense.
The past perfect tense is used to express an unfulfilled action in the past
8.
Choose the sentence with the simple past form.
I went to school yesterday.
I had gone to school yesterday.
I had not gone to school yesterday.
I have been to school yesterday.
Remember the past participle of go is 'went.' Option 2 is the past perfect form. Option 3 is the past perfect negative form. Option 4 is present perfect form. Recall all your previous English lessons
9.
"When she came to me, I had posted the letter."
Choose the tense of this sentence from the following.
Choose the tense of this sentence from the following.
Simple past tense.
Past perfect tense.
Present perfect tense.
Present continuous tense.
The past perfect tense is used to express an action completed before another action took place
10.
Choose the sentence with the past perfect form.
The bell had not gone before I reached school.
The bell went before I reached school.
The bell had gone before I reached school.
Both options 1 and 3 are in past perfect form but option 2 is not.
Both options 1 and 3 are right. Option 1 is in the negative form while option 3 is in the positive form. Option 2 is in the simple perfect form
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