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Nobody ______ the reason why the manager ______ his decision.
- a) understand / changed
- b) understood / changed ✓ (correct answer)
- c) did understood / change
- d) understands / changes
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How much money ______ your brother ______ for that second-hand car?
- a) does / paid
- b) did / pay ✓ (correct answer)
- c) was / pay
- d) did / paid
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The students ______ the instructions, so they ______ several mistakes.
- a) don't understand / make
- b) didn't understand / made ✓ (correct answer)
- c) didn't understood / made
- d) weren't understand / made
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Which candidate ______ the competition last year?
- a) win
- b) was win
- c) did won
- d) won ✓ (correct answer)
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The museum ______ its doors to visitors in 1995.
- a) open
- b) did opened
- c) opened ✓ (correct answer)
- d) was open
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Why ______ the police ______ the two suspects?
- a) did / arrested
- b) did / arrest ✓ (correct answer)
- c) were / arrest
- d) do / arrested
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The teacher ______ several examples, but the students still ______ the grammar rule.
- a) gives / didn't understand
- b) gave / weren't understand
- c) give / didn't understood
- d) gave / didn't understand ✓ (correct answer)
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The company ______ a large amount of money on advertising last year.
- a) did spent
- b) spend
- c) spending
- d) spent ✓ (correct answer)
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Which sentence uses the simple past correctly?
- a) She not brought her documents.
- b) She didn't bring her documents. ✓ (correct answer)
- c) She wasn't bring her documents.
- d) She didn't brought her documents.
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Choose the correct simple past question.
- a) Did your parents allow you to go? ✓ (correct answer)
- b) Did your parents allowed you to go?
- c) Do your parents allow you to go?
- d) Were your parents allow you to go?
- Complete each sentence with the simple past form of the verb in parentheses.
- The manager rejected the proposal because it didn't meet / did not meet the company's requirements.
- Complete each sentence with the simple past form of the verb in parentheses.
- My sister lent me some money, but I forgot to return it.
- Complete each sentence with the simple past form of the verb in parentheses.
- We chose the wrong road and arrived at the hotel two hours late.
- Complete each sentence with the simple past form of the verb in parentheses.
- She didn't receive / did not receive the package because the delivery company sent it to the wrong address.
- Select the correct simple past forms to complete the sentence.
- The restaurant (charged / charge / charges) us more than we expected, and we (left / leave / leaved) a smaller tip.
- Select the correct forms to complete the past-tense question.
- (Where did / Where do / Where were) you (keep / kept / keeping) all those documents?
- Select the correct forms to complete the past-tense question.
- (How much did / How much does / How much was) that jacket (cost / costed / costs)?
- Put the words in the correct order to form a simple past question.
- Correct order: Where → did → they → stay → ?
- Put the words in the correct order to form a simple past question.
- Correct order: When → did → your → parents → get → married → ?
- Put the words in the correct order to form a simple past question.
- Correct order: What → did → you → do → last → weekend → ?
- Match each verb in its base form with its simple past form.
- teach — taught
- buy — bought
- leave — left
- spend — spent
- Match each sentence starter with the correct ending.
- Where were you — born?
- How old were you — when you started school?
- What did your teacher — look like?
- Who taught — you English at school?
- Match each base verb with its simple past form.
- reject — rejected
- choose — chose
- keep — kept
- charge — charged
- Sort each verb into the correct group based on its simple past form.
- Regular simple past form: walk → walked, open → opened, charge → charged, arrive → arrived
- Irregular simple past form: teach → taught, choose → chose, send → sent, forget → forgot
- Sort each sentence by whether it is affirmative or negative.
- Affirmative: She received the package., He spent the money., The museum opened in 1995.
- Negative: They didn't understand the rule., We didn't choose that road., I didn't forget the meeting.
- Mark each statement about the simple past as true or false.
- In a simple past negative with did not, the main verb takes its base form. (true)
- In a simple past question with did, the main verb usually takes its past form. (false)
- The simple past form of “teach” is “taught.” (true)
- Regular verbs usually form the simple past with -ed or a spelling variation of -ed. (true)
- Mark each sentence as correct or incorrect for standard simple past usage. True means correct; false means incorrect.
- Did they buy those paintings? (true)
- Nobody were interested in his suggestion. (false)
- She didn't bring her documents. (true)
- Where did you went last night? (false)
- Mark each statement about simple past forms as true or false.
- The simple past form of “cost” is “cost.” (true)
- The simple past form of “lend” is “lended.” (false)
- The simple past of “be” can be “was” or “were,” depending on the subject. (true)
- Write the simple past form of “cost.”
- Answer: cost
- Write the simple past form of “grow.”
- Answer: grew
- Complete the question with the simple past form of “be”: “How old _____ you when you started school?”
- Answer: were