Grammar Past Tense

She ______ (write) a letter to her friend yesterday.

• writes

• wrote

• writing

He ______ (finish) his project before the deadline.

• finishes

• finished

• finishing

They ______ (play) soccer in the park last Saturday.

• plays

• played

• playing

I ______ (not/see) her at the party last night.

• did not see

• do not see

• not seeing

Fill in the blank: "She ___ to the store yesterday."

• goed

• had gone

• went

• goes

Answer explanation

"She ___ to the store yesterday."

Ans: went

"yesterday" is in the past.

Fill in the blank: "He ___ the dog to the vet last week."

• took

• takes

• taken

• take

Answer explanation

"He ___ the dog to the vet last week."

Ans: took

"last week" implies that it happened in the past, so we have to use the past tense here.

Fill in the blank: "I just ___ the bus when you called me."

• miss

• missing

• missed

• had missed

Answer explanation

"I just ___ the bus when you called me."

Ans: missed

"called" is in the past tense.

The event, "I missed the bus", happened around the same time as the other event, "you called me", so we can follow the same tense as "called", which is the past tense.

Fill in the blank: "The students ___ the exam last month."

• will take

• taking

• taken

• took

Answer explanation

"The students ___ the exam last month."

Ans: took

"last month" is in the past, so we have to use the past tense.

Fill in the blank: "Last year, Siti___ countless hours playing badminton with her friends in the park."

• spend

• spent

• spending

• spends

Answer explanation

"Last year, Siti ___ countless hours playing badminton with her friends in the park."

Ans: spent

"last year" is in the past, so we have to use the past tense.

Fill in the blank: "Dan ___ chicken rice when the phone rang."

• eat

• ate

• eats

• was eating

Answer explanation

"Dan ___ chicken rice when the phone rang."

Ans: was eating

"ate" would imply that Dan finished eating chicken rice when the phone rang. However, since the action is ongoing at the time the phone rang, "was eating" is more appropriate.