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English Tenses – Level 3: The "Yesterday" Mechanic

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1. Which is the correct past form of 'drop'?

A droped
B dropped
C droppd
D dropt

2. Choose the sentence that describes a past action with a specific time:

A I visit my grandma.
B I am visiting my grandma.
C I visited my grandma yesterday.
D I will visit my grandma.

3. The sentence 'I walk to school yesterday' is correct simple past.

T True
F False

4. Sophia is writing a report about a famous scientist. She needs to say that the scientist was born in 1920 and made a big discovery in 1950. What should Sophia write?

A He is born in 1920 and makes a discovery in 1950.
B He was born in 1920 and made a discovery in 1950.
C He is being born in 1920 and making a discovery in 1950.
D He will be born in 1920 and make a discovery in 1950.

5. Max is writing in his diary about his trip to the museum last Saturday. He wants to describe that he saw many dinosaurs and learned a lot. What should Max write?

A I see many dinosaurs and learn a lot.
B I am seeing many dinosaurs and learning a lot.
C I saw many dinosaurs and learned a lot.
D I will see many dinosaurs and learn a lot.

6. How is the '-ed' pronounced in 'played'?

A /t/
B /d/
C /id/
D /ed/

7. Which time expression is used with the simple past?

A right now
B at the moment
C in 2010
D this week

8. The past form of 'stop' is 'stoped'.

T True
F False

9. The sentence 'We are playing yesterday' is correct simple past.

T True
F False

10. Which sentence is correct in simple past?

A She cook dinner yesterday.
B She cooked dinner yesterday.
C She is cooking dinner yesterday.
D She cooks dinner yesterday.

11. James is at a family dinner. His aunt asks him what he ate for lunch today. He had a sandwich and an apple. How should James answer?

A I eat a sandwich and an apple.
B I am eating a sandwich and an apple.
C I ate a sandwich and an apple.
D I will eat a sandwich and an apple.

12. The sentence 'She was born in 2005' is in the simple past.

T True
F False

13. Choose the correct past form of 'dance':

A danceed
B danced
C dancd
D dansed

14. What is the past form of 'carry'?

A carryed
B carried
C carrid
D carryd

15. Which verb changes its spelling when adding '-ed'?

A talk
B stop
C jump
D look

16. Verbs ending in consonant + y change 'y' to 'ied' in the past.

T True
F False

17. Emma is talking to her grandfather. He asks her if she visited the new library in town last week. She wants to say that she did visit it. What should Emma say?

A Yes, I visit it.
B Yes, I visited it.
C Yes, I am visiting it.
D Yes, I will visit it.

18. What is the simple past question form for 'she' and 'finish'?

A Did she finish?
B Did she finished?
C Did she finishing?
D She finished?

19. Choose the correct question form in simple past:

A Did she walked to school?
B Did she walk to school?
C Did she walking to school?
D She walked to school?

20. In the simple past negative, we use 'did not' + past form of verb.

T True
F False

21. How is the '-ed' pronounced in 'walked'?

A /id/
B /d/
C /t/
D /ed/

22. Which sentence correctly uses the past tense?

A I go to the zoo yesterday.
B I went to the zoo yesterday.
C I am going to the zoo yesterday.
D I will go to the zoo yesterday.

23. Regular past verbs always end in '-ed'.

T True
F False

24. What is the negative form of 'He played soccer'?

A He not played soccer.
B He didn't play soccer.
C He didn't played soccer.
D He not play soccer.

25. The '-ed' in 'wanted' is pronounced /t/.

T True
F False

26. Lily is telling her friend about what she did after school yesterday. She finished her homework and then watched a movie. Her friend asks what she did. What should Lily say?

A I do my homework and watch a movie.
B I did my homework and watched a movie.
C I am doing my homework and watching a movie.
D I will do my homework and watch a movie.

27. Which sentence uses the simple past correctly?

A We visit our grandparents last weekend.
B We visited our grandparents last weekend.
C We are visiting our grandparents last weekend.
D We will visit our grandparents last weekend.

28. What is the past form of 'try'?

A tryed
B tried
C trid
D tryd

29. What is the past form of 'play'?

A playd
B played
C playing
D plays

30. 'In 2010' can be used to indicate a specific past time.

T True
F False

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