Practice: the past tense

Practise the Ukrainian past tense: the endings -в, -ла, -ло and -ли, agreement with the subject's gender and number, formal ви, and a reflexive verb.

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Choose the past-tense ending that matches the gender and number of the subject, not its person.

Beginner · 8 questions · fill in the blank and multiple choice

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Put the verb into the past tense.

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Горох — онлайн-бібліотека словників української мови: Словозміна, Тлумачення (goroh.pp.ua)
In Ukrainian. Used for: stress, gender, plurals, aspect and full word forms for the examples, tables and vocabulary lists on every page; the dictionary definitions (СУМ) used for the meanings of ти and ви, the case each preposition takes, and words such as чи, ні and нема́є.. Accessed 29 October 2026.
Ukrainian As a Foreign Language: an online course for beginners (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA))
In English. Used for: English-language explanations of beginner grammar used as a cross-check: genders, cases, verb endings, aspect, the tenses, adjectives, word order, questions, ти and ви, and numbers, prices and the time.. Accessed 29 October 2026.