Question

Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
He cried.

• A. Simple Present
• B. Simple Past
• C. Simple Future
• D. Past Perfect

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Simple Past

The verb in the given sentence is "cried".
Option B: 'Cried' is the Simple Past Tense form of the verb 'to cry'.
It states an action that happened in the past. Hence option B is correct.
Option A: The simple present form of the verb 'to cry' is 'cries', as opposed to the given verb.
Option C: The simple future tense refers to an action that is yet to happen, i.e., 'will cry'. But, it isn't the same as the given verb.
Option D: The verb form used for past perfect tense is: had + base verb, which is 'had cried'. However, this isn't the form in the sentence.
Hence options A, C and D are incorrect.