Simple Past Tense fill the blanks

Last month, I ... to a traditional market to buy some daily needs. As usual, I go there alone and bring a shopping list.

• visited

• go

• went

• saw

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'went' because the sentence is in the past tense, and 'went' is the correct past form of the verb 'go'.

After arriving at the market, I started searching for the things I ... (2) one by one. While I was bargaining the price of some fruits, I ... (3) a crowded situation where there was a thief beaten by a lot of people. It was so terrible. I didn't want to see the condition get worse so I called ... (4) . A few minutes later, police ... (5) and calmed down the situation. Asking the fruit seller, I knew that ... (6) tried to steal someone's wallet but someone saw (7) and shouted loudly. ... (8), suddenly many people roughed him up.

No.2 is .....

• purchased

• wanted

• needed

• ignored

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'needed' because the sentence structure indicates that the protagonist was searching for things one by one, implying a necessity to find each item.

After arriving at the market, I started searching for the things I ... (2) one by one. While I was bargaining the price of some fruits, I ... (3) a crowded situation where there was a thief beaten by a lot of people. It was so terrible. I didn't want to see the condition get worse so I called ... (4) . A few minutes later, police ... (5) and calmed down the situation. Asking the fruit seller, I knew that ... (6) tried to steal someone's wallet but someone saw (7) and shouted loudly. ... (8), suddenly many people roughed him up.

No.3 is .....

• observed

• look

• saw

• ignored

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'saw' because it is used to describe witnessing an event or situation, which fits the context of the sentence in the passage.

After arriving at the market, I started searching for the things I ... (2) one by one. While I was bargaining the price of some fruits, I ... (3) a crowded situation where there was a thief beaten by a lot of people. It was so terrible. I didn't want to see the condition get worse so I called ... (4) . A few minutes later, police ... (5) and calmed down the situation. Asking the fruit seller, I knew that ... (6) tried to steal someone's wallet but someone saw (7) and shouted loudly. ... (8), suddenly many people roughed him up.

No.4 is .....

• the doctor

• the teacher

• the chef

• the police

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'the police' because the narrator called the police to handle the situation involving the thief being beaten by a lot of people.

After arriving at the market, I started searching for the things I ... (2) one by one. While I was bargaining the price of some fruits, I ... (3) a crowded situation where there was a thief beaten by a lot of people. It was so terrible. I didn't want to see the condition get worse so I called ... (4) . A few minutes later, police ... (5) and calmed down the situation. Asking the fruit seller, I knew that ... (6) tried to steal someone's wallet but someone saw (7) and shouted loudly. ... (8), suddenly many people roughed him up.

No.5 is .....

• came

• went

• left

• walked

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'came' because the police arrived at the scene, indicating movement towards the location of the incident.

After arriving at the market, I started searching for the things I ... (2) one by one. While I was bargaining the price of some fruits, I ... (3) a crowded situation where there was a thief beaten by a lot of people. It was so terrible. I didn't want to see the condition get worse so I called ... (4) . A few minutes later, police ... (5) and calmed down the situation. Asking the fruit seller, I knew that ... (6) tried to steal someone's wallet but someone saw (7) and shouted loudly. ... (8), suddenly many people roughed him up.

No.6 is .....

• the police

• the seller

• the thief

• the customer

Answer explanation

The correct choice for No.6 is the thief because the sentence mentions that the thief tried to steal someone's wallet.

After arriving at the market, I started searching for the things I ... (2) one by one. While I was bargaining the price of some fruits, I ... (3) a crowded situation where there was a thief beaten by a lot of people. It was so terrible. I didn't want to see the condition get worse so I called ... (4) . A few minutes later, police ... (5) and calmed down the situation. Asking the fruit seller, I knew that ... (6) tried to steal someone's wallet but someone saw ... (7) and shouted loudly. ... (8), suddenly many people roughed him up.

No.7 is .....

• he

• you

• they

• him

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'him' because the sentence refers to the thief who was seen trying to steal someone's wallet.

After arriving at the market, I started searching for the things I ... (2) one by one. While I was bargaining the price of some fruits, I ... (3) a crowded situation where there was a thief beaten by a lot of people. It was so terrible. I didn't want to see the condition get worse so I called ... (4) . A few minutes later, police ... (5) and calmed down the situation. Asking the fruit seller, I knew that ... (6) tried to steal someone's wallet but someone saw (7) and shouted loudly. ... (8), suddenly many people roughed him up.

No.8 is .....

• After that

• first

• early

• but

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'After that' because it indicates the sequence of events in the story, describing what happened next after the thief was roughed up by the people.

It ... (9) a scary moment I experienced last week and I ... (10) that it would never happen again in the future.

No. 9 is ....

• was

• is

• were

• be

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'was' because the sentence is referring to a past scary moment experienced last week.

It ... (9) a scary moment I experienced last week and I ... (10) that it would never happen again in the future.

No. 10 is ....

• would

• hoped

• dreamt

• like

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'hoped' because it fits grammatically in the sentence structure and conveys the intended meaning of not wanting the scary moment to happen again.