Grammar exercises · 12 questions

Past simple exercises

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Test yourself on past simple with 12 interactive questions. Every answer comes with an explanation — and if you get one wrong, the AI tutor can explain exactly why your answer didn't work.

Question 1 of 12

Choose the correct sentence.

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Guessing gets you through a quiz; understanding gets you through the exam. Read the full Past simple lesson The past simple describes completed actions and states at a specific, finished time in the past: 'I visited Prague in 2019.' Regular verbs add -ed; irregular verbs change form entirely (go → went). It pairs with finished-time words like yesterday, last week, and ago, and is the backbone tense for telling stories and reporting past events.

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