Directions: Now that you have a better understanding of the simple past tense with regular verbs, you are going to be completing some multiple choice questions that are about the past tense.  Some of the questions are going to be asking about the rules of the simple past tense and others are going to be testing you on which verb you should use in the sentence.  Click on the correct answer for each one.

1) All regular verbs in the past tense end with:
-er -s -ed -nt -re -y

2) I ______ in Spain for one year.
fixed ate flew lived thought believed

3) Yesterday, he ______ one mile to school.
lived fixed walked ate looked grew

4) The teachers ______ all of the students by saying "hello!" at the beginning of the day.
walked greeted played drove typed sent

5) True or false: the verb "to go" is a regular verb in the past tense.
True False

6) He ______ the door open to get into the building.
closed opened ran thought sailed liked

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