Mastering Tenses: Past and Present

Identify the simple past verb in the sentence: She walked to the store.

• walked

• to

• store

• she

Convert the present tense verb to simple past: He runs every morning.

• He run every morning.

• He ran every morning.

• He is running every morning.

• He runs every day.

Which of the following is in the simple past tense: 'They play soccer' or 'They played soccer'?

• They are playing soccer

• They played soccer

• They plays soccer

• They play soccer yesterday

Change the following sentence to past tense: 'I eat breakfast at 7 AM.'

• I ate breakfast at 7 AM.

• I had eaten breakfast at 7 AM.

• I eat breakfast at 7 AM.

• I will eat breakfast at 7 AM.

Identify the simple past verb in this sentence: They visited the museum last week.

• visit

• visited last week

• visiting

• visited

Convert this present tense verb to simple past: She sings beautifully.

• She singed beautifully.

• She sings beauty.

• She sang beautifully.

• She sung beautifully.

Differentiate the tenses: 'He is studying' vs. 'He studied.' What is the difference?

• He studied indicates an ongoing action.

• He is studying is a future action.

• He is studying refers to a past action.

• The difference is that 'He is studying' refers to an ongoing action, while 'He studied' refers to a completed action.

Identify the simple past verb: 'We traveled to Paris last summer.'

• traveled

• traveling

• travels

• travelled

Change the following present tense sentence to past: 'They go to the gym.'

• They went to the gym.

• They are going to the gym.

• They gone to the gym.

• They go to gym.

Which sentence is in the simple past tense: 'I am happy' or 'I was happy'?

• I have been happy

• I am sad

• I was happy

• I will be happy