Past Tense

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Past Tense: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Simple Past Tense to Indicate a Completed Action, Simple Past Tense Sometimes Used without an Adverb of Time, Past Tense and Past Continuous and Simple Past Tenses Used Together etc.

Important Questions on Past Tense

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Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.

'Mills and Boon' _____ once a popular series.

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Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.

Yesterday, I _____ breakfast at 7:30 a.m.

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Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

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Choose the option which has the correct sentence.

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Directions: Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate form of the verb/tense given in the brackets.

I _____ (wait) there for more than three hours when she finally arrived.

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In the following sentences has a word or phrase underlined. Read the sentences carefully and find which part of speech the underlined word is. Indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
There was an exultation in the group

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In the following sentences has a word or phrase underlined. Read the sentences carefully and find which part of speech the underlined word is. Indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Ravi won the match with a huge margin

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In the following sentences has a word or phrase underlined. Read the sentences carefully and find which part of speech the underlined word is. Indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The preacher said, "No one is above the all-powerful"

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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No improvement'.

My father called me while I have dinner.

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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.

Last morning while I  _____ a walk in the park, I met my friend.

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A part of the following sentence is underlined. Below are given four options which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct option. In case no improvement is required, mark 'No improvement' as your answer.

We have been shopping in the market before we came to the party.

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Which part of the sentence contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer.

He has been preparing for months when he finally got the call for the interview.

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Fill in the blank with the suitable option.

He_____ T.V. for an hour before he came out of the room.

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

She _____ badminton for two hours.

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A part of the given sentence is underlined. Below are given four options which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct option. In case no improvement is required, mark 'No improvement' as the answer.

The child played when his mother called.

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Which part of the sentence contains a grammatical error. If there is no error then, mark 'No error' as your answer.

She take a picture as we were getting out of the car.

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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No improvement'.

When she woke up this morning, it rained.

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A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given four options that may improve the word. Choose the correct option. 

He was talking to his friend when his sister arrives.

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Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part. If there is no error, mark that part as your answer.

Perhaps you know          that i have passed     the examination in 1990.    No error

            a                                     b                                   c                                    d

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Read the sentence to find out whether any grammatical or idiomatic errors in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error', the answer is 'D' (ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

I meet(A)/ my wife nine(B)/ years ago(C)/. No error(D)