Simple Past Tense

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Last Tuesday, Reema ____ (write) a letter.

• writing

• writes

• wrote

Answer explanation

"Wrote" is the simple past tense of "write," used to describe an action completed in the past.

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Mohan ____ (meet) me two months back.

• metting
• met
• meet

Answer explanation

"Met" is the simple past tense of "meet," used for actions completed in the past.

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A cat ____ (jump) over the wall today morning.

• jumped
• jumping
• jumps

Answer explanation

"Jumped" is the simple past tense of "jump," describing a completed action in the past.

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Yesterday Night, Janu ___ (eat) a banana.

• eats
• eating
• ate

Answer explanation

"Ate" is the simple past tense of "eat," describing an action completed in the past.

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She ___ (take) an apple last year.

• takes
• taking
• took

Answer explanation

"Took" is the simple past tense of "take," used for describing past habits.

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She ____(pray) yesterday evening.

• prayed
• praying
• prays

Answer explanation

"Prayed" is the simple past tense of "pray," indicating a habitual past action.

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Sudhir ___ (read) the Gita last Sunday.

• reads
• read
• reading

Answer explanation

The word "read" remains the same in past and present tenses but is pronounced differently in the past tense.

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While my grandmother was alive, she never ___ (tell) a lie.

• tells
• telling
• told

Answer explanation

"Told" is the simple past tense of "tell," describing a completed past action.

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In ancient time, Rama ___ (go) to forest with sita.

• going
• goes
• went

Answer explanation

"Went" is the simple past tense of "go," describing a past event.

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Indians ____ (fight) tooth and nail for its freedom, in 1947.

• fights
• fighting
• fought

Answer explanation

"Fought" is the simple past tense of "fight," used for past actions.