ENGLISH YEAR 6
The Past Tense
Choose the correct or best answers from the following answers marked A,B,C and D
The policeman _________ the driver a ticket for parking along the yellow line.
- is given
- give
- gave
- giving
She ________ ink on her uniform the first day she went to school.
- was spiling
- is spiling
- spilt
- was spilt
Sue Jin ______ her homework when the lights went off.
- was doing
- are doing
- does
- did
As she was looking at the dresses, her purse ______.
- was snatching
- snatches
- snatched
- was snatched
She ______ because she was overcome with joy.
- cry
- cried
- crying
- cries
We ________ our rooms when we heard a loud noise.
- cleaned
- clean
- are cleaning
- were cleaning
I ______ an old friend of mine while I was waiting for a bus station.
- meet
- met
- was meeting
- am meeting
The lazy boy _____ up when the bell rang.
- woke
- wake
- is waking
- was waking
A spider fell into my coffee as I _______ breakfast this morning.
- had
- have
- was having
- am having
The man _______ the package and found a clock inside.
- unwrap
- unwraps
- unwrapping
- unwrapped
The postman ________ out the letters and put them into the sacks.
- sorts
- sorted
- was sorting
- were sorting
We drove slowly and _______ there in the evening.
- reaches
- reach
- reached
- reaching
The children _______ sad when they knew that their English teacher was leaving the school.
- felt
- feeling
- was feeling
- fells
She fell from the ladder and ________ her leg.
- hurting
- was hurting
- hurts
- hurt
The vase fell on the floor and _______ into pieces.
- breaks
- broke
- is breaking
- was broken
When I saw them, they _______ away the chairs..
- took
- take
- have taken
- were taking
The monkey ______ all the bananas and left the skin on the floor.
- ate
- eat
- eaten
- is eating
The boys ______ jokes while the teacher was teaching.
- was telling
- was told
- are told
- were telling
I _______ off when the traffic lights turned yellow.
- drove
- was driving
- drive
- driving
I ______ you to bring a torchlinght but you didn't listen to me.
- tell
- told
- was told
- telling