Elementary Grammar Exercise
Past Tense - Set:9 Negative Simple Past
V2.205 (Latest revised: March 20, 2025)
V2.205 (Latest revised: March 20, 2025)
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Question
Exercise: select the correct past forms to complete sentences.
1. When I __, they __ at home.
 | arrive - weren't be |
| arrove - didn't be |
| arrived - weren't |
2. They __ the kids from their terrace.
| didn't see |
| don't saw |
| didn't seen |
3. __ my letter last week?
| Were you receive |
| Did you receive |
| Did you received |
4. When __ the group?
| did you meet |
| did you met |
| you met |
5. I __ the cup! It __ them!
| don't broke - were |
| wasn't break - been |
| didn't break - was |
6. Jack __ down from the tree and he __ his leg.
| falled - injured |
| fell - injured |
| fallen - injurd |
7. They __ the truth because they __ your reaction.
| not told - feared |
| didn't tell - feared |
| didn't told - feared |
8. They __ their homework last night and they __ time to play computer games.
| did - have |
| do not - have |
| doing - hadn't |
9. Marry __ for dinner at six last Sunday with her parents.
| went out |
| goes out |
| wented out |
10. They __ two new batteries, so they __ to the shop in the corner to buy them.
| need - wented |
| ned - goes |
| needed - went |
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