Question

The past simple form of the irregular verb ‘choose’ is:
a)Choose
b)Chosen
c)Choosing
d)Chose

Answer 1

Hint: Simple past form of a verb is used to describe a thing that happened in the past.

Complete step by step answer:
According to general English usage, the simple past tense of the word ‘choose’ is expressed as ‘chose’. For example, she chose the green dress over the red dress for the party. Hence, option d is the correct option.

Option a is incorrect because ‘choose’ is the present tense of the given word. Option b is incorrect because ‘chosen’ is a past participle form of ‘choose’. Similarly, option c is incorrect because ‘choosing’ is the present continuous form of the verb ‘choose’.

Additional Information

The three tenses-past, present and future are further divided into four parts:

Simple past/present/ future tense- it describes any action at a definite point of time in the past, present or future.

Past/present/future continuous tense- it describes that any action is/ was/will be continuing in the present/past/future respectively. The verb usually ends with ‘ing’ in this form.

Past/present/future perfect tense- it describes that any action has happened in the present/past/future before another action in its simple form. The verb is written in its past particle and is preceded by has/have/had/will have. For example, I had finished the cookies that he got for me.

Past/present/ future perfect continuous tense-It refers to an incident that has continued over a period of time in the past/present/future. The verb takes its continuous form and is preceded by has/had/will have been.

Past/present participle form- It is a verb that gets to be used as an adjective or passive voice. The verb usually ends with ‘n’, ‘d’ etc.


Note: The simple past form of the verb should not be confused with its participle form.