Question

Is the following statement true or false?
The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.
A) True
B) False

Answer 1

Hint: The simple past tense is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. Simple past tense emphasizes that the action is completed or finished in the past. For example: He won the silver medal, "won" is the simple past form of the infinitive "to win".

Complete answer:
The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.
Option A) True – is the correct answer because as it is clear from the above statement that simple past tense talks about the past activity. Thus, the statement given in the question is true and therefore, this is the correct answer.
Option B) False – is an incorrect answer because the given statement ‘The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now’ is the true statement. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: Formula or rule of simple past tense: Simple past tense takes the second form of verb. For example: I went to the garden (The speaker completed their action of going to the park, so you use the verb "go" in the simple past tense); She washed her car; I saw a serial yesterday; He didn’t wash his car.