Elementary Grammar Exercise

Past Tense - Set:1 Simple Past
V2.205 (Latest revised: March 20, 2025)

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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Simple Past Tense

We use the simple past for complete finished actions. We often use it in stories.

They went to town last week.
He returned the book to the library and took another.

We form the Past Simple of "be" like this:

1) Positive: Singular

I was
you were
he/she/it was

2) Positive: Plural

We/you/they were

3) Negative:Singular (normal - contraction)

I was not - I wasn't
you were not - you weren't
he/she/it was not - he/she/it wasn't

4) Negative:Plural (normal - contraction)

We/you/they were not - We/you/they weren't

5) Questions: Singular

Was I right?
Were you right?
Was he/she/it right?

6) Questions: Plural

Were we/you/they right?

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1. Today is Saturday, and we are at home, but yesterday we __ at school.

	is
	was
	were

2. It __ cold yesterday.

	is
	was
	were

3. __ the people friendly when you lived in the small town?

	Is
	Was
	Were

4. She __ on vacation last week.

	is
	was
	were

5. My cousins __ in town last month.

	is
	was
	were

6. The house was old? No, it __ old, it __ new.

	isn't is
	wasn't was
	weren't were

7. I feel better today, but yesterday I __ in bed all day.

	is
	was
	were

8. __ the city excited at night when you spent last week in New York?

	Is
	Was
	Were

9. __ the shops expensive when you spent last weekend in Los Angeles?

	Is
	Was
	Were

10. The neighbors were Indian? No, they __ Indian, they __ Pakistanis.

	isn't - is
	wasn't - was
	weren't - were

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