Simple Past Tense - Practice (Fill In The Blanks) - TOEIC MCQ

In English, when forming questions in the simple past tense, we often use the auxiliary verb "did" to help create the question. We use "did" followed by the base form of the main verb (in this case, "visit") to form questions or negatives in the simple past tense
Hence option A is correct.

In English, when forming questions in the simple past tense, we often use the auxiliary verb "did" to help create the question. This is called the auxiliary verb "did" inversion. We use "did" followed by the base form of the main verb (in this case, "attend") to form questions in the simple past tense. Hence option B is correct.

In this sentence, "work" is the correct verb form to complete the sentence in the simple past tense. It is used because "did" is already indicating the past tense, so the main verb "work" should be in its base form. Therefore, "work" is the appropriate choice to form the negative statement.

The sentence is asking about an action that supposedly occurred in the past, specifically on the previous day. To form questions in the simple past tense, we typically use "did" followed by the subject (in this case, "you") and the base form of the main verb (in this case, "see"). The options provided were "are," "did," "do," and "none of these."

• "Are" is used for forming present continuous tense questions or present simple tense for the verb "to be," so it doesn't fit here.
• "Did" is the correct choice because it's the auxiliary verb used for forming questions in the simple past tense.
• "Do" is used for forming present tense questions, not past tense, so it doesn't fit the requirement for a past action.
• "None of these" is incorrect because "did" is indeed the right option.

To express a negative state in the past for plural subjects like "we," we use "were not." "Were" is the past tense of "are" for plural subjects, and adding "not" makes it negative. Thus, "We were not happy" indicates the group's negative emotional state in the past.

The sentence is referring to a past action (hearing) that did not happen. In the simple past tense, when the main verb is not "to be," we use "did" for all persons (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) followed by "not" to make the sentence negative, and then the base form of the main verb (in this case, "hear"). "Didn't" is the contracted form of "did not," making "I didn't hear you at the door" the correct way to express a negative action that didn't happen in the past.

Both actions described by the verbs "cut" and "give" took place in the past, so we use the simple past tense forms of these verbs. "Cut" is an irregular verb, but its past tense form is the same as its base form, "cut." "Give" is also an irregular verb, and its simple past tense form is "gave." Therefore, "Eve cut the apples into halves and gave them to the guests" correctly uses the simple past tense to describe the actions performed by Eve.

When forming questions about past actions in the simple past tense, we use "did" followed by the subject ("you" in this case) and the base form of the main verb ("eat" here). This structure is used to inquire about actions that happened in the past, making "What did you eat for lunch yesterday?" the correct formation to ask about what someone ate at a specific time in the past.

To describe an action that happened in the past and lasted for a certain period, we use the simple past tense of the verb. The base verb here is "study," and its simple past form is "studied." Thus, "I studied English for two years" correctly indicates that the action of studying English was completed over the duration of two years in the past.

Here, we have two actions happening in the past, indicated by the verbs "turn" and "see." For "turn," the simple past tense is "turned," which indicates the action of turning around. For "see," to express the action did not happen (a negative form in the past), we use "did not see" or its contracted form "didn't see." Thus, "I turned around but I didn't see anyone" correctly combines the positive and negative forms in the simple past tense to describe what happened.