Simple Past Tense - Practice (MCQ) - CAT MCQ

The correct form of the verb to fill in the blank is "went."

The complete sentence would be: "I went to Sophia's school last month."

Explanation: In this sentence, the past tense is appropriate because the action of going to Sophia's home occurred last month. "Went" is the past tense form of the verb "go," and it correctly indicates the completed action in the past.

My father repaired my bicycle yesterday.

The sentence is talking about an action that happened in the past—specifically, yesterday. When expressing actions in the past, we use past tense verbs. In this case, the action is "repairing," and the past tense of "repair" is "repaired." Therefore, the correct form to complete the sentence is "My father repaired my bicycle yesterday." The word "repaired" indicates that the action is completed and happened in the past.

The correct answer is "told" because the verb "tell" needs to be in the past tense to match the past time frame indicated by "last week." Therefore, the correct form of the verb is "told".

The correct answer is "was" because the verb "be" needs to be in the past tense to match the time frame of "yesterday." Therefore, the correct form of "be" is "was" in this sentence.

In this sentence, the verb "visited" is the past tense form of the verb "visit." The sentence is in the past tense, indicating that the action of visiting took place in the past. Therefore, "visited" is the correct verb form to use in this context.

In this sentence, the action of explaining the materials took place in the past, during the previous meeting. The past tense form of the verb "explain" is "explained," indicating that the action is completed and occurred at a specific time in the past.

In the sentence "My mother bought these clothes last week," the verb "bought" is past tense, indicating the completion of the clothes' purchase in the past. "Last week" provides the timeframe. Using "bought" instead of "buy" is grammatically correct for expressing a past action, making the sentence coherent and temporally accurate.

The correct answer is "had" because the sentence is in the past tense and "had" is the past tense form of the verb "have". This indicates that the students performed the flag ceremony in the past.

The birds flew away in the sky.

I saw something near that place. (see)