Past Tense – Elementary

The past tense is a verb tense expressing activity, action state or being in the past. In English, there are two types of past tense:

The Past Simple, Past Progressive, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous are all past tenses.

The Present Perfect Continuous and Present Perfect are used to link events that started in the past to the present.

Use the correct past tense verb:

• 1. He ___ (not/ see) it yet.
  
  never seen
  haven't seen
  hasn't seen
  
  
• 2. I ___ (go) to Japan last year.
  
  been
  gone
  went
  
  
• 3. She ___ (read) a book when you called.
  
  readed
  was reading
  reading
  
  
• 4. She ___ (get) a divorce before she got married again.
  
  gotten
  got
  get
  
  
• 5. Once upon a time, there ___ (be) a hare and a tortoise.
  
  been
  had
  was
  
  
• 6. He went home after his boss ___ (leave) the office.
  
  left
  lift
  leaved
  
  
• 7. I ___ (work) really hard today.
  
  worn
  worked
  woke
  
  
• 8. I ___ (meet) him an hour ago.
  
  had meet
  meeted
  met
  
  
• 9a. The hare ___ (shoot) ahead...
  
  shooted
  shoot
  shot
  
  
• 9b. ....and ___ (run) for some time.
  
  run
  ran
  runned
  
  
• 10. They ___ (decide) to settle the argument with a race.
  
  decided
  deciding
  decider