English Grammar Course Unit 11: Simple past (I did)

Incorrect. Woke up is the past tense of wake up. Therefore this answer is incorrect because it uses the future tense.

Incorrect. Walked is the past tense of walk. Therefore this answer is incorrect because it uses the future tense instead of the past tense.

Incorrect. Was is the past tense for is. Therefore this answer is incorrect because it uses the present tense instead of the past tense.

Incorrect. Had is the past tense for has. Therefore this answer is incorrect because it uses the present tense instead of the past tense.

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Incorrect. Slept is the past tense of sleep. Therefore this answer is incorrect because it uses the past continuous tense instead of the past tense.

Incorrect. Taught is the past tense of teach. Therefore this answer is incorrect because it uses the past continuous tense.

Incorrect. Fell and hurt are the past tenses for fall and hurt. Therefore this answer is incorrect because these are irregular verbs. Which means that the past tense does not end with –ed as it does in other verbs like stopped, slapped, painted, danced etc.

Incorrect. Sold is the past tense for sell. Therefore this answer is incorrect because it uses the word sale. Sale is not the past tense of sell and is not a verb either. Sale is a noun.

Incorrect. Spent, bought and cost are the past tenses of spend, buy and cost. These are irregular verbs. Which means that the past tense does  not end with -ed. So spended, buyed and costed are incorrect and do not exist in the dictionary. Therefore this answer is incorrect.

Incorrect. Threw and caught are the past tenses of throw and catch. Therefore this answer is incorrect because it uses –ed. Throwed and catched  are not the past tense form. These are irregular verbs and don’t end with –ed.

Incorrect. ‘How long do you stay there?’ is incorrect since it doesn’t use the past tense form did.

Incorrect. ‘Were you staying in a hotel?’  is incorrect because it is not in the simple tense form. It uses the past continuous which is used to talk about an ongoing action of the past.

Incorrect. ‘Did you go alone?’ is the simple past tense form. Therefore this answer is incorrect since it uses the future tense will. 

Incorrect.  ‘How did you travel?’ is the simple past tense question. This answer is incorrect since it uses the simple present tense do.

Incorrect. Is is the present tense and was  is the past tense of is. This answer is incorrect since it uses the present tense instead of the past tense.

Incorrect. ‘What did you do in the evennings’? Did is the past tense of do.  Therefore the answer ‘What do you do in the evenings?’  is incorrect since it uses the present tense do instead of the present tense.

Incorrect. ‘Do you meet any interesting people.’  is incorrect since it uses the present tense do instead of the past tense did.

Incorrect. ‘Tom will not have this morning because he will not have time.’ is incorrect because will/will not is used to talk about future events.

Incorrect. ‘We were not eating  anything because we was not hungry.’ is incorrect because were not eating  is the past continuous and is used to talk about an ongoing action from the past. We not is incorrect since was should be used only with  I/he/she/it and were should be used with we. 

Incorrect. Did not is the past tense of the negative do not. Similarly  was not is the past tense of the negative am not. Therefore this answer is wrong since it uses the present tense do not and am not.

Incorrect. Was not is the past tense of am not. Similarly did not is the past tense of do not. Therefore this answer is incorrect since it uses the present tense is not and does not.